Literary criticism Quote by Jane Goldman
““Woolf ’s control over the production of her own work is a significant factor in her genesis as a writer. The Hogarth Press became an important and influential publishing house in the decades that followed. It was responsible, for example, for the first major works of Freud in English, beginning in 1922, and published significant works by key modernist writers such as T. S. Eliot and Gertrude Stein. Woolf herself set the type for the Hogarth edition of Eliot’s The Waste Land (1923), which he read to them in June 1922, and which she found to have ‘great beauty & force of phrase: symmetry; & tensity. What connects it together, I’m not so sure’ (D2 178).””
About This Quote
Source Book: Virginia Woolf: A Biography by Quentin Bell, 1972
Woolf’s control over publishing shaped her development and allowed the Hogarth Press to influence modern literature and psychology.
In simple terms: Woolf’s publishing power helped her and others.
Key Takeaway
Control publishing to shape literary impact.
Themes
creative control
publishing
modernism
literary influence
Mood
reflective
analytical
Type
historical
literary
When to use this quote
- establishing a press
- publishing modernist works
- supporting translation of Freud
Key Concepts
authorial agency
press independence
cultural diffusion
Questions to Reflect On
- How does owning a press affect a writer’s voice?
- What challenges arise when a small press expands?
A Different Perspective
Press success depends on market demand and distribution networks.
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