A room of one’s own – Virginia Woolf Brief Introduction
Virginia Woolf (1882 - 1941) was an important precursor in feminist criticism. She belonged in the modernist era – 20th century. Woolf wrote 10 novels and a number of non – fiction books . Her first, novel, The voyage out was published in 1915 and her last novel – Between the acts, was published posthumously in 1941 . Woolf belonged to the Bloomsbury group . “A woman must have money and a room of her own ....” The essay ‘A room of one’s own’, was written in 1928 and was published in 1929 . It was an extended essay based on the two lectures delivered by Woolf at Newham College and Gritan college of Cambridge University. Women were the regular victim of men’s anger, misunderstanding and hostility. Therefore, in this essay, she focused on women’s literary tradition . This essay is also a powerful answer to the male-biased assumption and society that women are biologically weak and interior with no creativity. While giving a lecture on wom