Laura Marcus Libri

The book explores the intersection of early film criticism and its influence on literary works by authors such as H.G. Wells and Virginia Woolf. It highlights the contributions of women film critics from the 1920s, showcasing their significant role in shaping film discourse. Additionally, it presents new research on film societies and journals from that era, providing a comprehensive look at the cultural impact of cinema during its formative years.

In the new edition of her highly regarded study, Laura Marcus examines a wide range of Virginia Woolf's novels, short stories, essays and autobiographical writings in the context of themes and topics of central contemporary relevance and interest: time, history and narrative;

Exploring the intersection of modernity and modernism, this work delves into the cultural shifts from 1880 to 1930, highlighting the influence of railways, cinema, psychoanalysis, and detective literature on societal sensibilities. It emphasizes the contributions of modernist women writers like H. D., Dorothy Richardson, and Virginia Woolf, showcasing their creativity. The book examines the early twentieth century as a transitional period, inviting readers to consider how contemporary figures perceived their own modernity.

This work explores the significance of the genre of autobiography. Drawing on a range of writings, both literary and theoretical the text shows how biography and autobiography have been crucial in debates over subject and object, public and private - debates now figured in feminist theory.

A useful and entertaining introduction to autobiography by its foremost theorist. Clear, comprehensive, and very clever. For students and scholars alike. Zachary Leader, University of Roehampton

This collection shows how extraordinarily substantial were the theoretical footholds which Walter Benjamin supplied. The contributors engage with Benjamin on a number of levels, with essays on historical understanding versus historicism, a look at gender and dialectical images, the space of the city, the sources of Judaism and the aesthetics of conflict. Also analysed are Benjamin's artwork, the novel, the anthropology and philosophy of history, 'fate and character', the baroque and Benjamin the intellectual.