![]() ![]() ![]() Framing her arguments in the form of a letter, Woolf wittily ponders to whom - among the many who have requested it - she will donate a guinea. Setting out to answer the question "How are we to prevent war?" Virginia Woolf argues that the inequalities between women and men must first be addressed. A founding text of cultural theory, Three Guineas can also help us understand the twenty-first-century realities of endless war justified by "unreal loyalties." "Witty, scornful, deeply serious.If you are a woman, or anti-war, or both, read it."-The New Yorkerįrom one of the twentieth century's major literary figures, Three Guineas is written as a series of letters in which Virginia Woolf ponders the efficacy of donating to various causes to prevent war - and a statement of feminine purpose. As she works out her reasons for which causes she will support, Woolf articulates a vision of peace and political culture as radical now as it was when first published on the eve of the Second World War. ![]() From one of the twentieth century's major literary figures, Three Guineas is written as a series of letters in which Virginia Woolf ponders the efficacy of donating to various causes to prevent war - and a statement of feminine purpose. ![]()
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