Premium Content Thoughts on the Triangle of Author, Reader, and Character in Virginia Woolf's 'Mrs Dalloway'.
By Alexandra May - January 22, 2003
Mention Virginia Woolf and almost inevitably the words 'stream of consciousness' will appear. But what does this actually mean, and how does Woolf distance herself from both reader and Clarissa, and, indeed, does she bother? Mrs Dalloway is, we are frequently told, a radical new form of prose breaking the mould of 19th century fiction. Virginia…
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