Virginia Woolf (with Gillian Gill)

The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson

History, Books, Arts

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2019

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Through novels like To the Lighthouse and Mrs Dalloway, and essays such as "A Room of One's Own," Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) has inspired generations of followers, particularly young women. But who were the women who inspired Virginia Woolf? In this episode, Jacke talks to author Gillian Gill, whose works include biographies of Mary Baker Eddy, Florence Nightingale, and Agatha Christie, about her new book, Virginia Woolf and the Women Who Shaped Her World. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/shop. (We appreciate it!) Find out more at historyofliterature.com, jackewilson.com, or by following Jacke and Mike on Twitter at @thejackewilson and @literatureSC. Or send an email to [email protected]. Music Credits: Ethel Smyth: Concerto for Violin, Horn, and Orchestra “Nouvelle Noel” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to The History of Literature, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding literature, history, and storytelling like Storybound, Micheaux Mission, and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.0	She was able to explain things about the difficulties I was having in my personal life as an academic, which was a failed career, right?
0:50.0	She explained it to me in a way that said to me this isn't just your individual
0:56.6	failings you have not just screwed up your life you have been in a structure which made it difficult for you, but at the end of those difficulties,
1:07.4	you can come through because Virginia Woolf did and shows you the way. That's author Jillian Gill.
1:14.0	Talking about the influence that Virginia Wolf had on
1:26.2	her as an aspiring young scholar.
1:28.9	And at this point, we can multiply her experience by thousands, if not millions.
1:35.0	As Virginia Wolf's life and works have inspired generations of young women and men too,
1:40.7	but especially women.
1:42.2	But who were the women who inspired Virginia Wolf? How did
1:47.0	their example help to shape her for better or worse? And how did Virginia Wolf, through her relationship with an understanding of
1:56.0	the women of the 19th century come to change the world of the 20th century and beyond.
2:02.3	We'll talk about all of this with today's of the 20th century and beyond.
2:03.3	We'll talk about all of this with today's guest, Jillian Gill, author of the new biography,
2:08.7	Virginia Wolf, and the women who shaped her world today on the history of literature. Okay, here we go everyone.
2:23.0	Welcome to the podcast.
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