
On Being Ill
by Virginia Woolf
Title:
On Being Ill
Author:
Virginia Woolf
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
64 pages
Publisher:
Renard Press Ltd
ISBN-13:
9781804470312
EAN:
9781804470312
Publication Date:
26/04/2023
Classifications:
Biography and non-fiction prose
Weight (g):
172
Dimensions (mm):
177 x 110 x 7
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
Novels, one would have thought, would have been devoted to influenza, epic poems to typhoid, odes to pneumonia, lyrics to toothache. But no – with a few exceptions – literature does its best to maintain that its concern is with the mind; that the body is a sheet of plain glass through which the soul looks straight and clear, and, save for one or two passions such as desire and greed, is null, and negligible and non-existent.'' Penned in 1925 during the aftermath of a nervous breakdown, On Being Ill is a groundbreaking essay by the Modernist giant Virginia Woolf that seeks to establish illness as a topic for discussion in literature.Delving into considerations of the loneliness and vulnerability experienced by those suffering from illness, as well as aspects of privilege others might have, the essay resounds with an honesty and clarity that still rings true today.




















