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The Open Book ~ The Open Book ~ Creative Misreading in the Works of Selected Modern Writers Margaret M Jensen * The Open Book Copyright © Margaret M. Jensen, 2002. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2002 978-0-312-29353-6 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. First published 2002 by PALGRAVE MACMILLANTM 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 and Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England RG21 6XS. Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin's Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered ttademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered ttademark in the Eu ropean Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-63423-1 ISBN 978-1-137-09936-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-137-09936-5 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Jensen, Margaret M., 1963- The open book : creative misreading in the works of selected modern writers I by Margaret M. Jensen. p. em. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. English ficrion-20th century-History and criticism. 2. Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928-Criticism and interpretation. 3. Mansfidd, Katherine, 1888--1923-Criticism and interpretation. 4. Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941-Criticism and interpretation. 5. Reader-response criticism. I. Tide. PR881.J46 2002 823'.91209--dc21 2002020724 A caralogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Design by Lena Libre, Inc. First edition: July 2002 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Transferred to Digital Printing 20 13 To the lost brothers. Contents Acknowledgements IX Preface X111 Chapter One: Palimpsest Gratitude and SubterfUge: The dynamics of( inter) textual relatiom Chapter Two: A Case Study 23 The Strange Case ofThomas Hardy and Sir Leslie Stephen Chapter Three: Three's a Crowd 59 Historicizing Influence among Thomas Hardy, john Middleton Murry, and Katherine Mamfield Chapter Four: Mother/Muse, Psychic/Sister? 91 The Personal and Intertextual Connectiom between Virginia Woolf and Katherine Mansfield Chapter Five: Ghost Story 131 Intertextual Haunting.r: Virginia Woolf, Katherine Mansfield, and Thomas Hardy Chapter Six: Ambivalence 167 Virginia Woolf's Biographies ofL eslie Stephen Conclusion: Fish in a Stream or Spider in a Web? 203 Notes 209 Works Cited 219 Index 227 Acknowledgements I acknowledge and thank The Society of Authors as the Literary Represen tative of the Estate of Virginia Woolf for permission to reprint from A Room ofOne's Own, jacob's Room, The VtJyage Out, To the Lighthouse, Mrs. Dalloway, Collected Essays by Virginia Woolf, and Orlando. Extracts from A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf, copyright 1929 by Harcourt, Inc. and renewed 1957 by Leonard Woolf, reprinted by per mission of the publisher. Extracts from Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, copyright 1925 by Har court, Inc. and renewed 1953 by Leonard Woolf, reprinted by permission of the publisher. Extracts from To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, copyright 1927 by Harcourt, Inc. and renewed 1954 by Leonard Woolf, reprinted by permis sion of the publisher. Extract from "A Sketch of the Past" in Moments of Being by Virginia Woolf, copyright© 1976 by Quentin Bell and Angelica Garnett, reprinted by permission of Harcourt, Inc. Extract from Moments ofB eing by Virginia Woolf, published by the Hog arth Press. Used by permission of the executors of the Virginia Woolf estate and by The Random House Group Limited. Extracts from The Letters ofVirginia Woolfby Virginia Woolf, published by the Hogarth Press. Used by permission of the executors of the Virginia Woolf estate and The Random House Group Limited. Extract from "Letter to Violet Dickinson'' in The Letters ofVirginia Woolf, VtJlume 1: 1888-1912, copyright © 1975 by Quentin Bell and Angelica Garnett, reprinted by permission of Harcourt, Inc. Extracts from The Letters ofVirginia Woolf, VtJlume 2: 1912-1922, copy right© 1976 by Quentin Bell and Angelica Garnett, reprinted by permis sion of Harcourt, Inc. Extracts from The Letters ofVirginia Woolf, VtJlume 3: 1923-1927, copy right © 1977 by Quentin Bell and Angelica Garnett, reprinted by permis sion of Harcourt, Inc.
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