Virginia Woolf and Capitalism (Virginia Woolf – Variations)

Virginia Woolf and Capitalism explores Woolf’s engagement with and critiques of capitalism throughout her life, arguing for its central importance in our understanding of her as an author, activist and publisher. Galvanised by existing scholarship on the place of economics, class, gender and empire in Woolf’s writing, this collection draws attention to her thinking about history, labour and economics and gives space for understandings of Woolf in the context of our own late-capitalist moment. Chapters by leading and emerging scholars range across Woolf's oeuvre in all its generic diversity, from her earliest short fiction and Night and Day to Three Guineas and Between the Acts , showcasing a range of critical approaches from the archival to the creative to the pedagogical. This collection demonstrates how productive and provocative thinking about Woolf’s fiction and non-fiction through the lens of capitalism can be for Woolf scholars. List of Figures Acknowledgements Series Preface Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Woolf and Capitalism: Introduction PART I: CLASS, EMPIRE, CAPITAL 1. ‘The eagle claws other peoples land, & goods’: Virginia Woolf on the Desire to Dominate 2. Empire, Slavery and Capitalism 3. ‘my comfortable capitalistic head’: Virginia Woolf on Consumption, Co-operation and Motherhood 4. Biometric Feminism: A Room of One’s Own and the Politics of Intelligence 5. ‘Merchant of this city’: Capitalism and the Liturgies of Peace and War in Jacob’s Room PART II: LABOUR AND THE MARKETPLACE 6. Between the Houses: Woolf and the Property Market 7. Publishing and Capitalism at the Hogarth Press 8. ‘It’s rather distinguished to be as ordinary as I am.’ Woolf’s Working Women Writers 9. The Literary Public Sphere in Virginia Woolf’s Night and Day 10. Capitalism and Woolf’s Beyond-Work 11. Virginia Woolf: A Sound Investment CODA: CRITICAL/CREATIVE APPROACHES 12. Scrapbooking the Present Day: The Three Guineas Scrapbooks 13. Work Cut Out Index