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Fri 14 Mar 3pm
Norwich Playhouse Bar, Norwich, NR3 1AB
A Room of Our Own Dr Claire Hynes
Virginia Woolf’s essay A Room of One’s Own has been described as a landmark of feminist
thought. The essay published in 1929 explores the disadvantages faced by the woman writer
and concludes that a private room and money are necessary if she is to progress. How relevant
are Woolf’s views to women today? And what should we make of her ideas that men
established literary traditions through the centuries and women must therefore develop their
own writing styles?