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    CHapter Two. Virginia Woolf and the “Cotton Wool of Daily Life” [Poe] eee wd fr he conn pron of if Pe asta hy work ono ems uae eer od il, rien i,m pec need he ee 1 tise hopes le de pn “Ning Wl “The Nato ade of Ae [vn ape fe en lel pt pi een a ea net EE cence epee to bape arse bef wt Siva aneuticttapmas roy eset ted lp a isrotmtenod cet owt ney Sy Saaremaa ayia Sisley dcr oe Sap TLTAAI Tay oe nt re eee pc gies ce ol 8 Modern an the Ontnary “Wool fines writing cals tention ro odiay expences 9 wo fill of onary things Celebsos and cis of meri en fous on Wel interes i he "norte “none of big” but xelok he “odiary” A Shrove ao ptm oid by oops ‘Eom mh by tn psn eso ig ne He an oe be Cetny nth se ths eno eat hs a sin abe, Fert Sena eo yb nn yh mane enone Won es Fo the ovina cote rho ere ten confit he er eth cep adic hx mgt Wale oweee Sih personne ote ep an kin) at Imada mabyon) Th oMaers Fen ol se “Forse moe ‘ht thei of iro is eyelet da plc of pyle (152) Many ots Teen samen and ina ons) os pour of separ Eesbeh tcl exis hy ower “co nd ere the epee tout of poeta (Wif tl Png i) Mow of he aman ‘Wou’s mjor wrelnpck pon wa Ab ecb as Wea nee Inner ae of niin mare y nthe ond beet "tee potl swe) Pon ang Won eth iene wile eer nc gn eal ft ay gp an ees {he iane i (Shwe dato o MDa 2) a tha "Be Tesi hurt ny of Vp Wels arc ase ey data epic tye lye in pi oti (Sind ‘prolong 1) Fhe wae ree nga of Wonk us Wd (5 bya Be kes x pric chi tha. Mon eon ely cogent hee fea ing wa of rrevaing thie in ae’ (a, Moro bts Michel Cag’ Par Pe wining dhe rt Any a-ring Em uel ont by Sen Daley an Dv Hae, press Wel la lange att wh ister to yoice in herbed A general sense, exbot popula ‘cicy ecm of Wels be oto asco My anne 9t that hese date abou Wool? wing se they fatally ‘pesca a ihr eightnednoe wha wa ei Wot andthe "Caton Wolo Day Lik 59 When Weal in "Modem Fcon” ak to “exanie for a momenta oie mind on an ordinary dey she demands two thst a sesnghy lncompule. Sh wanes her nbjct eo be bth “ondiay” ad of the ind” though yherown denon che subjective mind eae sing wy om porting nccing "a myriad impresions—eal fee eran, Engrared withthe sharps of sel” (130) Flow mh “noden einen teh oct abunon oars o he exe word bese ava of ouse i saped by anid of exe a Fert ee ce ciat rectenietrer teas Daley, ore ‘mtd cote oninay ar ou of none abou anaker peson The ‘iy in Ms Daly es the heat of Wool eprsenain of chase unoning 32 pom fre of Mie, pean over ami een Wel? reproenaion of the orinary Reon ensuring Eton, demting he ‘primero in bien wc The main quay of the ein i tha it lies epresentation or ta no repesatton of (no mater ow experi) ‘canbe alysis Woof searches frase hati bes theory, cin this peter pet mach ie Jor: Her niet we of Bin fon ssa sea she es imps he ng sy “Phases of Fon” (1909). ervey of seis who epeent the onintyepecialy wel, “Pater ‘of Fico’ ao estab eon from which Woof postions bes Ply trie Woolf wn ach yori nd nagitine rock eel, “Phe of ic He ‘heme dorcel th edn he ek ened in ae Sil sel be cose in coer offer ion many le soca nef she oma mf tiger Wo ‘hued aay nn of ony icing sf en ‘Sort lis niin hich edt ieneadedins pu wot rope gest once era (‘Modernism andthe Ordinary Poetry vers Prose & “A Later o Young Poet” along piece writen in response tothe young ngsh poets ofthe 1930s (er nephew Jl Be ohn Lehman, Stephen ‘Spender, Cecil Day Lewis and Auden, Woof eritcizes por who we pe ‘ccupid with sabjectve expen, who describe only “asf that it aloe in the room at igh wth she Blinds dawn” (218) The poe tha emerges fom such a eatey suffers fom absactin and inpeneably. Even discerning reader such as Wool bled by it. But Woolf ao questions poery thi ix {oo crass in it aztempe once “the cual che colloquia” (215). She quotes ‘ere fom Lehman, Spe an Day-Lewis though sh doesnot cite this ames) and nots the abrupt sf for omic mages to cmon venus? “The cnion she pore Between the private language of the mind an colloid [ange of pli dialogue, alo put forth in esas ike “The Narrow Bridge of [Ave (1927) and "The Leaning Tenet (1940) undedos Wools central con- “cern mth how dhe novel sould sepesent che ordinary thou making i her vc poetic oil informal "Woof aade sn “A Leet Young Poet” echoes her famous respons Toyets Uj, novel shat se lily ee wa adolescent” its epee tion of ondinary experience and that she erties “conscious ad caused indecency Finding fl with sia moments inthe work of younge posts ‘elf emphases ines ike "ee the bowels and "bugger er” and then xpi “The potting ond Ms Cape: Hei ey af he opinion tha se Canker pony a wl every we dre Pay eel wl be ‘poe th sna he ctl Both Thos han re ser ‘hte thw sci el ae i ase el Tadd nyt thor of the wae (215) Ironically, he poets mies at Wolf dvr them cual resem er vn, “When Joa Lehmann cried the "Leer" Woolf mastaied dat "te your, poet cathe cael eked beenen al and Deauy.. He dost] ech the wnconscius automated shee the spasmodic jek, self concious ‘lc of is elie lnguge Bat T may be waferig to him some of the i ete of ny own sgl the other way oun—wites oxy in prose (W583) Wool perce thatthe pnts of poery and pose were Becoming Tee eit and ht hr wok, tn, ugg wi hse ns ewes "ra ism anos wich pos Vin Wl ante “Canon Wolof Daly Li" 6t See eee ae ee eee et cerencne penne eae Se oe ee ee ee see er es ee ee Se ae ee ee eee ee eee eee triers penermyterneeha Pikes foment ea ee eee eee oe Se aealastaey campeon Peep ewe roar) ia eee Seay eee ey See See ie chee eee eee eee ee eee ee ‘Sle fe terrestres (62 Moderna ante Ondinary ecogese one of she mot presing nes posed by leary made ad he ist deelopene cha followed To what xe shod writers pc the ct ofan exten wot, "to dsedunt and dictate” 21 W.H. Aden wrote (Wing 27) and 0 wha ene shoul hey epee paychalogal deh nee vind Which the neste aly? Wools epee ae in ter carer wth he pots of the 1930s highligh esprit aed lings abou lentes pons to 4 “el” o nena mod ote the wold ‘hac modernist experineaton, aconling co many, as ing epee. The word “real” of coune bandied stout by Woolf 0 mean aot syn, ‘he sites to adefine kc Wool sympathies with the omnes generations die ‘o splint the imagination with + more polly minded seam, epecally in sespoe to the inerpabie viene ofthe Fest Word We, a Eng polite and economic ified the sume f 1931, when the tr tos compose” Br her own ri sup alg fee Her work st ‘plc berweenrepesctacions of “inet” vers “out” or “penomal” vee poli Rade her epee of ony experince eons to ide fa dichotomy chat often undestood sdomiuting teary modes) ‘Wea articles hie am the tr of ber une mem." Sketch of eh Pan” (1940) whee abe dings een “ares of Being” a omnes of noa-bing” She desc her childhood a ane log pend of cozag3 "momen of Being” mated bythe ound of waves cng ute her utserytoom window tS Is Whe png ia Bed i nee, Weel’ lective sere ofthis cdo enerience te Bat Wool aches hat her dlaood cetainiy conse of more than dese mornings hing nba “IFT could remember one whole dy I shouldbe able to deci, serially areas, wha fe wat lke 3 cl. Unfors, oe only remembers what S exeeptonal And there seems to be no revon my one thing ceptor anther not" (9-70) Parts ofthe day hae nt lied cocoa aed ‘this not ememberedconstiute wha sh lls “oon” of which he ale fe sem to be fl. As an crarple Wool ge the eet of the day bore ordering dinner wring orto Mabel washing cooking dina ookbing- ing” (70) While Woolf seems someniat weed by allo thee eens me én all thom ent), she emphasize the role in relng character hi inwanc, eae eee eve something abou who ss ashe Gribes heel Saher "A Sketch ofthe Pat shares Wordeworth ide in Te Pi ch hid serosa habe se ie Won sent ‘Nim pf oie nay med ey of defining reeaory experiences Bur Wrdsurth lo eps hat "memory gins Wolf andi “Conon Wolof Day Li” andthough” ate not ese contingent upon commensal "iy" momen ‘Memory wl eur ling the mundane Waking iar eee ee “Thain he peste our of He Td tthe ther and cow Pos pic chewed of tenay a ht hat andie sine Mey thee Schwert do wes rer Sl are br en ik (Of hel he nan power gach wit e283) Folloing Worlenorth Wool is epecly need in the prose of life ao Jn he "yee since proms events consti the balk af ont’ eer aces and are thus rai oer repeserations da aim ac eal, What ‘Etfeniaes Woolf fom Wordwoth however lis in he epial mesing ‘thax Wondoworth cues 0 thse “cious pope of i, om the rorbost, ‘pode in Bock 1 of Tie Pee othe tempesaoes walk at Cistmastine in Fock 12, which poineco divin peence im the wos oa ao to 3 omer ‘eyo human undentanding Te compro, Woolf canoe acbue 3 defnite meaning othe pers she sec inle robler tha concera noe only er personal hang bt bow she Severs he none She gets che moos ofan te iodine ‘ens with cetin moments (howe uly) mated a the mow important, Sn impony put font inane quoted png from "Mera Fito Life not a sets of lamps merical arrange: fe is mins ilo 1 semianspuet envelope sururdng Go the bepining of conciounest tothe ent (130). The ning a which nial are enmeshed dos not ‘fermnment that an be pinned dow or popped up at icone oF experience 1 sign of divine onder I ie dos ve pater comes ane cher than rn high soc, Behind the "ton wool” Woo wre in er mem iy wee art connec 29 aman: Teta cone of mint bind he cto mooi lon apr: a ‘Lime al ars ige—azecooeted a hatte wl eld i ko we we ae at of th nck of Hilo Bete ge ‘tach ha ta chat lh od But se tp hoe mo Bets coals empty sno Gods we me the tk rete eae theching ol And eth men are hd Check 72) (4 Moris andthe Ortinary ae Leib lth evesyy's artd quay (Cag 2163) Bat of couse hk i ran long Tepes kina ie inthe noe i a ha lenge tthe ort orm (one tht the works of Joyo and Prout ell) in terms of both che onder an elegy thas nore ui A person eight ‘experience a moment of shock at offers 3 reno igh, bat he pabiem ‘show to eeyate this moment Back ts the ld oF vey ifthe place where eal change can actualy mates ee The Bourtary group in ct tere at a nal or fotsing pli chang oto rare and shock, luc ough dames pce an Boargei ncacone—for making pital work kind of efi habit? Bat how are he pol of he onary sed fon an ae level The sone challenge in deceing haw every ile per ‘tera boh arora and elite the bebo arate, Noa ce ‘own concern, "The igaieane of nan being in Wools wk hw stv considera ee serio than the shock ests tht Wolf alo dene, But 200 eig it racial to erates eject. In "A Sketch of the Psa explain: “Often ‘when Thue ben wring one of ny soled novel hve ben bed by thi Sine problem: hati, ow eo decnke whe Fela my priate sorthand— “non-eing” (70). Theory feral events of the day, Woolf sae mas exis ia he orl Ir Mrs Dans, Wolf ofcourse rete "one we dy" nt of er hood, the wishes she could do when wenger me ‘oi bt of Clarissa Dalloays ade ie Clara bay Howes men es ‘es an old end, aes + ap hows a party The pay stands uti ay rexpect—much bythe presence of the pre miner at well athe mort Sip people rm Clr pst—bue thi ego is ei eae Lefer he gcd snore fen se ae onion of| (he orlary. Crain types of plu, they happen epee os Cl rcs do) ie he odinay its emis its ele of suspension and recat ‘met (Crit, 1201-27) The oneal onic of the day eves nae the Focus ofthe nore be Chas chat al ow ii cosiate Weal dsccon been omens of bing or ing ee sees ewes poe el oe daa Wet’ lence abou how the nore should respond othe abject, ote ine fog rvs ed thread reing srgh moves despite the dei to ge epi Wot andthe "Conan Wosl Daly Lik 65 apapchologiel depth, many modi writer ough ein and api he Sein a6 bth an ternal sf exer phenomenon This err Wott ha orgie in he ety moder pened, nthe work of Michel de Monta nin “On Repentance’ anus tha the ru eof chaacer oepue he The “eo be ody t home, nou common actiooe" (239) In ber 1924 ion of new ttalton of Montaigne, Wool Ssbes how eimparis inti perry (ned his “sol” by eurectig i very babi (C Montaigne” 4-66), Ons lng slew might schaowlge many mde ove as prapplig with chs represen of an otinary human bing ving ‘lay IP adeno jected ened commento terry evil, Clsie)- many oder works el preserve and even preg he coberece of choc errata are Ecos! ocean eas se ist se bed of» ha, oF [Sted Ins tt ier re Vs Belch ten“ per Tete ou emo concn ofthe coe fda ie ta amr aero ue ak ded ho fr pono yo {nl wom tome den Thi pln yo sin” CHE 175) Ree ‘be er yee heey oa tht he ek rr kre hn he nt of peeing dal iin ngug een Sat ester dis nos, Composing he tat sts act 3 sagged Balls panting (ener moe abc work) were tery satura boul up with domestic if inthe see tha she ws ive {a ping home ier (wall, cn, abl, dors) especialy a pare oF the Omegs Workshops epeimens, One ofthe eon that Booms i ‘fenced re maiamen moder Reed apes i ef intent in oma if since modern, bse on Le Coren ode predicated on ‘crea standart of antidometcty (Bly Rom, 147, 2-5) Wool’ wok ‘aes ith er ster psoccpation with bow daly fei conse pute the does buck ito he moder, aloes sock wich odes, nd aes oneing a een vo who one. “Weare oingin tbe dcin of pros Wool cans ia “TheNastow Bide of Vee" 1927) am yin wich she lok to pty for “ena, pry ne ‘cence bt itl tt itn fr of te kindof rowel one gl ‘Garcerzed bythe oiary wok of pre, wth ot “something ofthe er tin of poet” (24) Bur ac mach Woo pues for new fm the oe (6. Maderism and the Ordinary ‘the acl ton she prac i roted in whit will ee the aki, wish issometines sisi os radial har heres onthe moder novel would Sew bie Dente her dant for Edad "erin pions stad in "Me, Bennett and Mss, Brows and "Modern Fiion” Woof doe not acta ret he represen of what be clin hs ey the fic of things (112) She afm, bt dos no et the cera eof the Ps, Her most ess work render aniary rpernce and da depend upon fats ad ib Mex Dally ‘Ashes hn ysl flow ace, Wea Tey Moat Dal 1 Mx Daley explores how people spond to change shi rm wa 0 peace, she press within the ese and the tezations wrought by 2 fami growing olden we might andentand Wools fas on anny vents showing how her chrcers norma hee ching Inno whee nothing happen vice, Bt mach that happens penamaiy as Rapened befoe (Chis ak dough London, Lady Beton: lnceon, Elbe ome ‘He, Wool sugges hat no wo ever ae ect the ste, even thy sem ‘ery In 2 Benian sence, no acon i the ane bra ech toni Mle by ime “Ferengi i tine, eveything chings tad andthe ‘ame concetfeity seer es” Bejan wees. "Repesion thee poe sible oly nthe abwrace whi peste ic ome act that or sera ed ‘speci orn hne singed ue rm ey jt ecaute curation pon which all the effort of onal decd cn mone onl among eens” (Crate hn, 6) Change pervades ery momento ot exec, eerily making petition of any ent apse. Mr Dally explores thi expert ofthe rina something lay mewn ilaialee extin ew moment of time Year Wolk explain “A Shih the Pat” pein of ee ston what me se ret an cont is jing onthe ‘amen of what at gone bf Thogh we might ot be am of Woah ves, we ate pete by hangs, comfortably covered inthe “aon wool of iy he” 2) Tn of Prost, Sue eset escrbes the my in wich emporly omnes ou day-to-day een te way tite ot Bepion ao acon ia Woaf and he "Canon Woa of Diy Lf 67 fori isan advrsny othe human desi For eglri: "There no ecipe rom the hours and the dys, Neither cm tomorow nor fom yey. Thee m0 tsp fom yee becnzeyreray har deformed been formed by ts" Pow 13) Wools novel fees Becht theory: dail em Mz Daly Faeions os something tas Ber caer crea # mata action ate the deoemations of tine. Ax Peer Walsh nee, waking around Regents atk "Those Bre yars—I918 to 1923—had been, e suspected, somehow wey ingore Pepe look dierent. Newpaprs seemed diflewat” (MD 78). London pentane go abut iy bis bfoe bc nonthles sem finde ferent fer years of wa. Changes, ay fees dayne le of Clirss Dally, here te oe sel by sen af sel seas tac the dee by 0 many haractes—to preserve he olin fw of rent the nomen pang ‘Ma Dalya wd by furs ef Wo: orl opens with 20 condi al ied bys simple senence—ehe sy of mace speck, Set tartar singe peregraph Yee move qui down the paged chen i unged rch sense hat “something 2d wa abou to happen: ooking athe fom fsa the ees” (MD 3). Claas death aii, oeshadowing and echoing ‘Sepemus Smith, comple the exy moc Fess of er day The fis papeof Me Dla oils between an odin ta and 2 baghened cent [ning an ernd sed plunging ova desth Si, Cla both an od try woman anda nonin who Fels exzzordary emotions: “shalwys had he Feng that was xy, ery danger ave een one dy. No hase tought Ie clo mich out of the odinay” (MD 9}. Ths backand fort spe harceszes the orl (She would noe sy of any one ae world now hay te ths or we tha” Cli spl tor er alk hough Londo and er pty preparations a wll ar the monement of eher haces root thine day makeup the substance ofthe noel acton. They dominate aed ‘herb moment of ani or lf eaiaon perience inthis rel cin be ighened, a Wools moving acount of ‘Sepia Smt lst Bat ve Sepia mveed whe ding nly things, hen be Bil reverts back to hit bhai before the wat UUrsconscius routines revel ho thse people ato the othe cares in che novela toa, renders, When Clas thinks about Per Wh there pening she anna meer athe sing mw ba eer thing about hin thar ae constant. Mach of wat ein portant et Foran, ering peson composed in memory by what sees via: "He wold be back om ln one of the day, Je oy, he Rg which Fo Ti ees were aly ll ws fi snigs one membered i ej, (8 ‘Modern andthe Ontnary posi, his smile is grempis and, when mins of things hd tery Tansbed—bow sang waa few sayings ke this abo cages” (MD 3) Clas knows eter Bsc onli thingie ee, yng his abi oF ‘ing witha poche ‘OF coe, Clr dos sememer thing abou ee and thus dows them wih sigificanc; she pradoaly eerste fiom thi odiaines, Ads Peters podketefe manne with importnce—a skal of his sea ‘ver the Fear Clr fsbo tying, ahi sly tl ange aed macy The af many moment ike thi on n which simple Bats oe ny rel character bu ao can be ead sro For ntanc, lai st comer sof seming he gen des when Pee ju end fo Ind spies her While Pee wor: how se ole doing wt she's aways been doing (has she change a al), Clara sewing ie more tha she oie. Te _pisode sinc echoes Pecapesweting abd wating fr Odea ot iC acquires mye impor, Allsons eo Oljars journey dew acerion 0 Woo epanie toJoees Uhr which se vad in 1918 and then ad Jin 1922 As wih the ga of maze detain Ub oes, by no mans ane all ofthe onary acon in Mr: Daly 29 ely ede In ft, rt oF then ae tis ai ein pa fo wholy waafrm hal xo someting beyond 2 repesentation of ciracer would undermine the sei projet that Mf Dal loay undertakes, Wool want eo depict the way habit anton che way ib compe ale Beets sad of Prout, Becket is compelled and epee by Ibi ie sxminds 2 person of physic oblgans and shin hi anal ele, Bat habit is also the elo of pl ke Wig fr Gd ie ote haces in Woa note hi deadpun manner, Becht atest abi ithe utc oti ikea compromise ced bere hil nis von tected nd sown ep ct the tr of al ich de gig cndcor of hi ere Fa be al ae ‘Bush go hn os Bethnal bt (Pee 18-19) abi n Proust nol serves a Mare erp eo conte ing, eat change As Bechet pti, ro iced with ow “ie laws of ey ae subj othe mre geal is of Rabi” (18) and this dam profoundly infeed Wools work aml” Bar Woot ie about ab dies Bede tt andre ose to Poa’, nth she ses abit 2 something tha eels Vins Woa andthe "Coton Wool of Daly Li 69 rather than degrade character (The habits of Becket characters ae almost ‘Shae fad habits) The oun needs of che boy we sometimes bch se prt of whoa persons Fr isance Wool dscbes Peeing isl Car diner a2 raurare—seinforcing she spl ety tht people a et {nding this Englishman, who ores Bae pas fr dere (MD 176) The quetion of whether there Bare pears mage anting sigan is ised ty the fae cha a fay touting Landon witches Pee only Poitto-iew hi: the fly wats for someting det rm him: they wan hi tobe ‘spree Fnglahman, Bat the rn tone of Wools decption of ow ‘he fay views Peer cnplsiaes hat Peters dinner sa neces no sini Cnt ent it ass wa of looking atthe men, of pointing hi Fete a parce wie of ching inself wp othe able ofaesig his se ‘ty not latonouly to dinner tae won i thee pec (MD 175) Peters ‘hoe fry fom Kapp cson with anans, Orher eae in Wl ve ae preted a nes ht wl concen apn pike actions fr tick Prout depends upon hein Cla has bough Boer bi ad Shell ns ily by foes opin fom the sane Mis Pym J facts Vio ‘ia Rome points ou ( licour alrion to Bese) Clr Homer buying fable "epee of 3 dog on eth” since she ges out only 0 sop aed eum by exc he sme ote home (Malm, 149), Repetition of mach 2 ‘oe lows haar neg he changes eewen he presen ad the at Se thee rom lng go Become pr ofthe immediate monet J Hil ‘Male as ote in ieee ey on repetition in Me: Dale” ‘Woolf cles che Onn” (ike "hare atch foe Woo In many of he sys, she des tention ro wees who epee ‘twell The eon of Tagen Aste, adhe fend Forme (mong ther) lected Sus on ondary epee ad odinay things fin hough an attention to Fats Wools comment on these weiter ies pre wth x die {ott the nether int orthing oe ike er wn ner eyo ne ‘Aen, fot inane she rie Ase ably otk he “ia anak i profoundly eveling of cater ln use nor (tin Woof), "there ina "agey and no heroin ae commonplace moms of ving ane Aten” 138) Those moments embody te rept of any day—formeanee 3 man tel rem eling on te fn ede oe moma a (fthestentabaitomidion ax fom ey, fom cameo hai wore ome dy al of ‘mening site amet abo one f e owe mera a he serio ad the Ordinary is shies or than feo dep ng see ond net those pues ad ha doin wal te apes of vce pete pinta cin pa fh car ow fey Wool?’ praise for Austen is striking because 20 aptly describes her own fesioo—epeclly the “hous” patsing. fr oe all of Wools novee Include ent crc who emboly and cote emetic tins whee ‘Auscers orl early mention sens a all While would be eay to rad this pasage as 2 dsrpon of a modes epiphany i equally porn 0 hghipe the orintinesof what Wool dectesan implicly er nde so Auten: miter, Woof lcate momen, sll in an Aten ove bur charters of ber owm—pehap he ched, np ninacy eevee he Rana a the end of "The Window” oni sted ata tion Hanes in he opening scene of Btw As The “howe psig” Inecrptathe glow an sie of aman conection a ike “Mix Gape" iva jung “shock” 0 poetic reverie But thee moments “op” bak into the om of oinay life As she makes arin“ Leer to Young Pot Worl cally ants oes these erro tee defo the wy tht the vy $a maar and ongoing foo ets. Her nerpeaion af Aten eves thse Wl len at hw Aes The ray Sf ion Se ae eee ‘Th! nl ode sale ce ep “he af ie kin eons of Wael ed spigot ep cel ay mio Tt Ws ‘She fie pms of iw epi th st of pion ee, Siew nek he oy er tg Wea pop ees of Coton Tahaceny open ent of tom er ey a bende Sl Ma Jan Lon iets tafe es wena wom aio e ath ERE wer np mq” 2) Se pel math ees Elo ld wy epi ficpet Mase nw de teins hy sy “wing te nb afer lng ac Ee {Se pan the Dakin (AD 29) A eso ems of {ca em ang, Matte meted op) Sone or Se ec on emo ahr pts sa fh oa Wi nding th “aos tu el “pn ee So gt ye EF Vii Wool ane "Con Weal of Daly Lil 7 ‘of azaie representation whey the at of describing inesiably deepens Atbough Wool faces my hg (Guscigu amplified i Jee everthing decled neterthle ensp ‘eae, sme depe, yest of Ferny epesenaon “As Wf wot on this sae in Rept Dak ake fund chat the only oy ogo frm “hy lnging a igh face ca" WD 2272) ace, tthe mane, flitions and ocapations of pedetrians—desebed with rei, bt nonelss comparbe ro he mater tle of Wools Eda ddan prdecor For inten, 2 rade fissile coletion of facts when ‘aening othe opening pags of Aol Benet Rey Sige (1923) in hich ‘nun wal hugh the indi ees of Londons Clee nthe sana GF 1919. Hi pli appearance (sou, witha sigh ing), mance of des (hates nels, nd occpation booklet empha inhe roe fas pargrapt, alongwith many other dealt Woof presumably would eee for ig “out” Inking ep he wate in "Me Beant a Mrs Brows (105 Bennet’ ip acoding vo Wool, ook the sem ‘lara of the inna perhaps eden in hie dsepion of the ce ‘roman Ele, no seen als soley from the “ouside” a aman might oe Je! find yer, 2 Bennet ero etn cas ab he contncon of chefs matte ale serves 3 pei arp, tablzing the ade ina ordinary physieal world. Wools work in compsion simul eles fon the "ode! Brin way hat Frgronds the chiens of the olay tnd dhe pando ofits epee Mais has many counterparts (tek oF ‘role who ile opening scene of nove) whose tsa poe nara {he rounding: Scrope Pv who sos Caria onthe ats Edgar} Wa es who case lead png Sash Blech, who Bol ee Baby: Me, Bowy ‘sho ho oom atthe Aba Ni. Caster ho looks op ache spline 2 ‘Mex Dempaen, who sve crusts fr gues (MD 4-29) Thee minor dara. ‘er wr soil es pope Regent Pak and the ects rounding itty would any oer day ofthe we, Wolf bil atende eo ach, ba like Mai, hey ar eer mentioned aga —with the xen of Me Bow, ‘who shows pa Clara party, Eke Jean moni Clr miei ‘yp he people They ae aoe hey ae el, ecu spe of Lindon Wool thas dps theorize of walking though London aod tle coeds (empl though Mai) tha epee the ony as the power tale Lik this pageant of pede on he London sree suming tineaFer ‘he war, Wool livre paring of Spina ane Cla tres topetirthe ‘perience of hl shock with the experince of rdnryexnenceconsiing 72 Modernism andthe Orinary Asshe espe in her inaction othe Moe Lily edison of he nel ‘Scpeinus wat irended to be Clare “dle” (Eng 1549) The latin ship Bee thse wo charset, ter tha posing» choy of epee ‘emphasizes Clanast ow sense of wlnerbity afte he war, tad special er her dn, well Sept a cononc wold ht Clase, by vee of “being par of” embies (MD). Clic eowed ya Ice of what she calls he and ow feng” (D9) ges on ee hey of human connected of ding meaning fom he people rl eee and ester han fom within helt Wie alone, aking ex prada oop est, Claris aknowledges wht ae “lak” hme ental wich yeemeaed”) she ede whll sve when making though teste of Loon (MD 34), rey pedeson she pase refresher own sense of promise: "nt She owed as his, be, now i ohh fit ay inh ea” (MD 9. Cla ‘sls daughter Elalech nei thi atc othe ep Bow of events the "procession" of peopl ashe cals op an cn costiies the sea ofife Whe diene fom Cli in any ways Elaseth al hopes tha wir humane forget what does ot ge emer in he Row of eich iy rngh be spectre by sre lager foe. Ebeth cides file ia pope mghe nod i ing cod bt hs ie, rg ellen erin er, woud kwh tah be iow ‘hse th rcenion, mal phe alta ‘heh tem os goede he ner of bones asm tk ee nl hem on (MD 151-52) ‘Somehow "Me" mut be rsrvd—notin amber, but ini roe in tea orig into a vst ocan whee ll mand oi. Bat who on remeber every igen of ferry procs of the dy, he How ofall the ust The en ‘at thse fgvets—ahe le things the ordinary aks—ate wh conte “ies he ena anertin of dhe aoe. ocd mst prise by Clin Se belts ha the movement and Haw of exc yn nna, ioe Import than grand seton een she ann wcll thee things seca ing pr of” (MD), “hat dvne aly” (MD 7) The dec language Claris embrace ("this here now” [Depa ee longing after se ‘hing dat, by very ste ccipe fining Yet Clare's aati with cnlnsnes fevers and de wansory quale ber amar hast “sth epgraph hat opens hi sein gs ech ay of the we allows in accordance mah wha a cone efor, ft for Clan, th “eeaigh? “The won! “prceson” ho summons and imagines «dint vet in the onuet of post-Word War I Explan:the procesion to buy the unknown Vins Wosf ase "Caton Wosl of Dah Li 73 arcs in Nowe 1920, a ver tht dew hows of mous to Wes Tres Abe and snd dhe imgiation of ee coun” Whe the roe Sow offered arm of nrg forthe cates ofthe Firs Wood War—an tucome fica fe England ro compen nt mapiade—Wool’s“pro- ion” commemorate embosied by sal onan hinge The image ("= Splines of boo, 3 le pet sere ok tes") sapgesc tangle and esta Fates dough thi peemeal atte alo eck he fey of ing The proceso echoes che way in nich lara he Regent Pak pda) eso potest “ton wool wap them labo andar then on alae, Cires nonetheless partipton ian ub, exterior wodd filed witha ay oF people ‘Akerman, Spins stn ina afer metal edo deny lings xen wo Sepia cannot handle the tl of ke athe cl “ea things for“ hings weet ang” (MD 155) Sepia vacates back tl Forth beeen esguzing these “hing and eng them metamorphose {co son of wath eee density ths otine and habits esi Now eeryhig is heightened experience “He Lay ey igh, om the back of the wl The cath tiled bene hi. Red owes grew duh is eh: ther ff lees sed by hit he” (MD 74-75}. Sepia pose terior ‘ione—modled lag afer Wolf's owa-—endera mind dang by ne cle pin and devin fost" For insane, ing oa pak heck wah ic tile, Rena, eptimastranaforms aman ina gay busiest walking erg {he puck oro orifrned soe sen fm he dead (MD 76) Septic ote the mana Clare es he i lady inthe cab—w an odinary sang ing bot hi diy baie envisions a mace sen of marie ‘et hope semis tha Sets might recone In ne cee he ems 19 remeber om be fl befor he war oe before is beaks nl we een ming above his pervious penonaliy: This acne, bee afieroon a5 Ret eat nd Seema es on thes, ete o Spins’ elaonshi co the ‘ony, For sie moment, Sepinusadeones the tril of things found bim, he ses se to fnction without Fa Surounde by damenic tj ha het 29 metamorphove nt smeing ee, Be I ditty opening bs ees ba “thn cg, e ake headboard: the pie of anna the eguving af Quen Victoria and the Prine Consort a the man tcjece wit the ar of tones None of thee shige mowed All wee sil: ll tr wal (MD 155-56), Sepia confine wih he ordinary abject of = Ting ror coms «temporary stay suns coniion He choses the ions Sede hat that Reza raking “vo a wt abt Mes Peter’ (00D 158), And nstarly Rena thinks “He had become himself he, he had Iaaghed chen” (MD 158), Sins o Claas sewing, Rex emaking = 14 Moderion andthe Ordinary an owtnry routine one tha Septimus fan isan participates, Sowing sagt an ateming of thing ction of somthing whale fom ind ‘kl pare, sia Clie Gal pay, To “ave ie what Cais sas do when nthe mide of er party, she hear of Spins side Sa diaenling string way fromm what nthe ha-aking ene biti embed Some of Woo rc apg ht Sepimath eserince it» mask of che ovels moderns sein thie moderns fon sparta ell ted to depict heightened epee, especial uma, I i Dalen 2 repre tate ee hen the noes repetitions nopehonalogial frm, tad seam ‘consis stl preserve sate than “werd he trauma hey embody” Recent cove inthe Sd of ama ppcholoy hire enschede stag of theraonshipbewen ere apd trauma, fom which hs by of eicien on Mex Daly bude. Ba che ssampeion th the epresenttion of trauma in Mx Dally wha nest merit doe nat ccf he sven ol ofthe ondary: Ft epesenton of tuna ane nig fo ‘modern, a Seti himslf compen when ean the rt that Ie wen to wat 0“ How Step ned haan. Thi man et Sept th peop iden he bay of ward, The mee wih option ses we digi ott ae ething re dee De se ve ‘ent (eed) hese (D7) Sep hasing see the hortors of many ding the wa, now ses che oro of humanity depen the tert thins im 10 Fgh for Eaghnd in theft place. He es hal reflected back. A vader ed oly look to Lear onthe exh oe Ulin in helt expt the way in which mad, or an is eacte In Wir {Fe Se (1945). Sin wei pale betwen Shakespeare rage nl er experienc in scp Franc during Wesd War I" Wespend ou Tidy fternoone with ens ad- ing Sakespene” Sein write, "We have read Jlss Casa, and Macbeth snd ‘now Richard the Thane what so eran th lu ke ma appening now” (105). Ting events mere epeened though spc lupo eetton, nd aoncaoolop fort fog belie the seal of lassay modern, {Second to ane hac uaumii experince demands s diffe kind of ‘Bbrain—or tat wana inl i nmatie—i cory co Wold Som ween on eng an high memoreree Ashe alain A htc Veni Wo andthe “Cotn Wool of Daly Li” 75 ofthe Pst” Woolf fins non-being mach hander to mrt. To offer acter ample, he fe 4 1924 diary ety Wool? nots how she esnot eat ‘vce what mark ah day in + hoe ro which she ie ut nove "deed wow of i eveape, now come to thik fi he ene of the ont iy” (1D 2298), Wl proceeds to describe a sauna eare—her ice Anglia Ballas his amocrcar—and th deta she reer ae vida kepbone cal he long wae inthe ope the erie are he sage ook on he hea fice The taumati eed in het memory st be pated on the ng ie the tie Wool pene hare. Wo contests of ‘ enh on mee ener and ced ‘Mast impoctn, in the cise of Wel": novel, the nazraie deve of Mes Dalya he oy i end—tepeets anton o the onary, ‘ot he uric When Cli her of Sept scien the mile of fer pays Fl 2 fs eel ard gel base she recgnizes ber wm vy 0 “plnge” toward death, Her ply rnton to Spt duh er diss Bad, bene [MD 201}, sages tht se could her sal be enue or conse By sie: i death prompts eo ina et Con. IF Clara a ela estas Wool had coded, cork et Itodcton to the Modern Lint eon of the now—then Chin day ‘rsd he bern fr fm oir Bu he tht Wolf charged ber gal ln sages tha Clas ees ving peas oe deh Clare coves {se of happiest Sepemars death teens to obliterate Lewig het ny fora moment nd eng eo Bck 0m be aie seme op: ‘While she adie nd een ees Septimus core, she wats goon ving “Acting hee was thi mares hing, wreated bow with hater deed, care in her own i esd very dyin conrpton i, char This he fad perv” (MD 202) Sepeimar uci "pent parade, che same ‘wf evens har Elizabeth matches fom op the omni, "vom hn hs i ite he ie of = glace prerving» pliner of bo. Spm eth ‘exh hes intact amin dee fr pry or nade experienc ht fir Clare. the "hate" and “corse” of ie omens abst. Ube ‘ose if afer the aro sinpl pre, Seems ape matin is cone to 9 onary thing and ye his suicide propels Chisato recone with ies “he feo be Ind the end ob waked wih zr" (MD 203 While Claris happiest coclsion tha she fe ld tha be bad done | chown ay we ey wen om ning” (3D 208)— might sem pers it isexenly a orton of He ti, hve, no”) oe ides, sma death Wolf suerte Fre of hi’ ey fining 76 ‘Modemiom ond he Oriary By doubling Clarins and Seto, Wolf emphasis that Csi dice Sarthe coninzion of otinay das i consios oc ey diferent fom Septimus choice o plang fm window. The posi tha onary chy ‘ering concoue blair aiffeee Rom a concption of man ek {ae arate by Froud, hone works ad x ery Powel ld over Wolf ane Te mai! Wools depiction of extinary Boanor ndeeot the skim that ahe fk abou Fre thar ofthe uncoraci pathology Behind ray lie. When Woot ly arsed seouly to Feds ie ene 1939 a he ure of war what dared er os wer te ways which hides bout the unconscious seemed to reduc indie dar (Lee igi, 722) At 4 time then as mperai for Wol? aed othes to leven ni fe dm and action amid a mob meaty, Feeds undestnding ofthe gerne tad dotucive pales of humanity and of group pachology were eng toe Although Mex Dla does ox epi ope with ndinaty exe ace as a mode of opposing war an destruction, what dos advocate he rina aan india chic pine eteme form of wen eee te of the word te oct in Jac Bm (1922) onl ht sapere epee theca hae ter of cob Flanders A his lade a te spss, co wll son Became 2 cin of the sme war that dove Septimstosuicie The "poceon” of ‘rent hat ake up Jeo ete thing bt "shadows in Wool opinion, ssf cob’ hacer dseminates othe know, lang wih he Fie World Wars waron In rare intance of suthoralinaon which hex subg sone grey idan once Woon racratr present theory ta i orth quoting 2 legh, st exemple he connection Wool aes here sm ordinary momen nd india characte escent amen wren le seme hat prof Inger and aio ot opsion of ou flow ceases on. Etter wr ort omen Ear acl or eet theme ne pang or ong any ce ie eb join a cdo, ‘ec Gol sy tha eee te expt se hm dep ‘ths ang ing doa And why f amc nt ay set epee modo corey se i hat th yar man ‘ede ol ng ne we he mat the mn he at ‘only ine or he mone afer web ting se hie ‘Scheie ne fot ting Sh conn a ur re et Ry ein Woo athe “Cotn Wool of Daly i 77 “This pane illuminate many Woofan themes the difcay of knowing wots poan the eansence of mening moment he shins of pepe Ces and the dite pin down rater Wolf hee alo semper o calle {he one vera ater dichotomy het matte er engagement with the 1930s poet she dors oe wan sn hat nid ze sll dened by bj ‘Mores, Wosls young man fses Mr Brown the “oi ain te corer oppote” whom Wool hopes the made nove, departing om mote ison eevenation of ehaater wll ae aor. Te tenor age 3 pion by 3 window sen reconizabe—abo males its ay ito To he Liy- Kes whan fie Geer ey much ae Mi Raman icra ied "The Windon” Lily Brio abc epeseration of Mex Roma aempts oslo malig an emotion she anno ec denrb inl s0- tied with dents contbton to 4 “prceson of shadows” More signin Sesto pape ems mane oen an pened pcs es tao betel he ool” Enea shadow? become "el? Tey not te nag neces co Taught oar of he png omy melo eon coe tale ama Kae me sal ee in CF ea hc so ae en ey dpe gh etn ol ge sno ae alee fps smi tt arcs en sry ined ons a eo he of Mn: Daou, Proved Incotton wot or preserved ina proceso, oliny moments eb the sub- stance of Wool dace and coat he prac abc of ber Beton Fact and Things ‘npc heen mc ith opti ‘heen nlc een apt Revved om a Thema pd ene ‘enna ing ohn i nomena th Ash Css elation of depends upon her hor at vee i oonected, dl disinctins nih very 9 acne fashioned by 2 parila clay The Si page of Mr Daly revel tae Clas ereyay nn of tt oy essary ih oe ons or pore: Catan Aaa at lac a a ay Ea “ont ie, The ey expences of women who work ou of cei ae 78 Moron ond the Onkoary ‘ery isn fom thou of women who take was when thy with and hom olen Tis sop ate put oraadiaay “ae tlopenion) orcs ech a Lay ‘ir MeN fom To leh the leaning sd cooking, heres Cli Dalloway and he Rams do tT wha ee then Cas "oe dy" eg of che upper cla? Haw does the ey in Wl nore ascot fo ‘arcs who lick agency, who anna decide to buy the ower theme? ‘Although cry indies lie mecmely ena etain cote of so rinenanc, he dinay aloha economic and peered mpi iy dha defies simple totalizing,» poi that many thorins who tars he trea velonay poten fen oeleok. "The most cra canes of Hheaon ae Boe in whi most fa” wees Racal Vain, elertng cya ie tx pone set in opposing» captain Roein 3) ‘The ntin of every a potency defn or eben ase cha in ‘ida ays re conte oe the ee o that ment people ae died wich shee own ory lb, Resia Warren Sth, fr intr, etinctely ‘pb by Si Wain Bede's “proportion” and onersion and wane 0 ee Sepeimus fom the doc shorted: Brera er ie {bad version of Willa anes, ho advocate the aay effec of ab But Beaks methods ae enforced, wheres Jes ser thet haere chaice, ‘Unlike Cris who chooses ro enyg in "bgp oft” Spc hs Bea saws proportion ad commen tnponed upon him, imposion hat Rex, leo fle Before Sepia uci, the couple wa forthe door aie, Rez fines sewing her hc and wraps up Seti’ papers, aif protecting {heen of she fom wht the door might pose. Bu Reais of cure an «do thing inthe ace of Beads wading Hic eed i oeloke, Ueking any eal pores [As Ene Auetach args ac the end of Min (1946, the vera i on tuted erent hat ae nit deeb 3 dominant on. Literate’ tiliy to unearth che prately coed amen mints semen “ele mena and “cone” song alias, he writes, though the ery traits il irr for each pero, Whether cr not ths swain of shard human "being par f 1) ie aye poi per (x Aaeach tele ic dos) i» queton tht Woo er nnel contin eo explo My contention i hat Woolf clings to what she ile “ic” (and what Sepsis cls "el hing”) both as moe of Itrary eas and han elo wae gin the Fre of trun, Framing Mz Dales commen othe oinary ohn the cont oF tht ater rel, were, sev the may ha Woolf ‘ipernents wih ow to incorpo te fof mati entre a et eal isha ae canor lems eset every pin of ren every oda i ‘Vii Wolf andthe “Cot Wl of Dd Lie" 79 Woolf epeenation of ey mots dub forthe penpectier ofthe upper sn Te (1981), Wool wanted 0 represent the “He af abo” bc eich she cond only elon the oper vices with vk she wat ims Inher d,s ncloded the woes ofthe working ‘Game br omize hen i the pblaed ea for aro being codec” yen Wools decption of erent offen ite sympatenix noneeee Timid how servant ae ltd the people fr whom hey wok, Si, Wool singing pret of Mis Kilt, nce singles oe Mie Koma Iiteres ona he upper casa the mose defining fare of he ides. Bue Woolf's nina lays mark the pais between the wpe and lojer cases and expel beween men and wome—seem 19 anowledge rater thane onook the dial ieences im ow the eer is experince ‘fen nothing angie rein of « woma day” Woof wren" Women| and Fction” (he ey shat served a bis for A om of On Ow) de Stang thatthe ee may ld pei lence or women, whose les go tse (146) Wools Me Brows of couse, telng foes Richa Wisi avi example f «woman whore ourney has never constated ier epi Alchoogh Woolf's depictions of chutes akin co Ms. Brown (Uke Mie Klnano lle Hendon. the end yt sais adr ee Foe ae compen, Wools nove im 0 eget tha epson of th ees enor be redued to ae auheni experience Wiel pretation ofthe everday emerge Bok dee and hime collin, wht Ria Fee deci "The nent of Ere Lie" 2000) ihe catia ken granted onion of mundane aie that aes ‘ur fs nto more ten etc word” (78 Mie Blanchot ders th ey along sine ines. "The very wht we ft of alla moe oes two, tr wl, ale te ee in eae ein hewites "The everyday then teres, ondinatly” ("Every Spec” 12) [Nomar how famosa inl ot how emacabe 3 day yb, thee = online about expe and every dy tat ano be evaped Tha Wools oti acount fo ce te, and in hs es abe epesets 2 shad The intraeing pits of view in Mr, Daly covet the roceon” of everyday ete alse haracers, repels of sep ne Fel Gre eli Sader andthe Oninary Feb emini eheory of very i acnoledgs th the experince of mole compris rifle site the doce moll she pera tory peesian. Modena, ro be eet, nt pede on port Baie slention fom the home though of our heey atin nw ity “herinetet centr peopl a mse gehen ices a eee ane epee pec of aman es Become ne pore (laeton 79) Lopon fe Wola pe whee the quo mae corpo by prple sng onthe suc. By moving in and aut of the pepe of Rees Pk pdeans Woof dep the eed both uur to ech dol and reponse ta sed emioament The yng plane, the pine inter iota and the chimes of Bg Ben, fo nan, cha hough each pede tur pesoml mctatve As Aven pcs modems empha on che "a dom ment inthe eof fee poplar the profound op ‘ere hein nd are ste shared ara (488), In exploring ‘he onary, nese “noting ls than the wel of rey adopt of en ceey moment which we surende ules witht psd” (48). Wie fing ene, Asch cles the fice of ci. Sng hs al example of| “imam Vigna Won Tse, whe he ers Wool petition of dhe oooh tn sing sg of what sed som counties a a. “The two women in the Tame Paes seion of Tt eb de onstrate she bance betwee the ini and nina ofthe ry. "Time Pass rrp the arate of the Ramey amy ssmer holly sd erate darapeons of World Wat LT fino beck in Tine Ps have the tee of purposely sorghum vent ta ereesy change th Ramsay fly The bt ali give “thereof eng the tw ‘hing athe sane ine” a Woof exsie inher din, pin engin (ie he doubling of Sepia and Claris) dha ements jar one thing (WD 3:106) "Tine Pase'—cven ethan Me Daly — eamcicly delet the eaumatc an enraies wha sonia Ms Ri says dah, Pract marriage and death ia lth and Ane’ eth ntl an all backed hte plied witha the cone of Mex MeNab and Mr Bat larg the Ramsay house ding ecm wiping windows, seeping os patna dhe yt pe opie Thee aks the oly eons with the power to nomalze the ping of te daring che ape of mat!" The ‘xn Jct inthe oatevork of tw ome women sre na ing remind of what einen was wake—the band eel routines of Jaman endarance. The waren th embody the stage of Earp bt ao, nae ee al aero othe fc that thir ea iff be ei described in che noel fie ection ‘Vigna Wo ante “Conoe Wl of Daly Lit “The only dein of the Remy hou in “Time Paes thse aceante ao enphaie the ovale or unemenered nator of ondary experience Here and claewhes, Wool shi point of ew 2 oes om he forgot, the Tu The objects f the Ramsay houte andthe hibr of Mrs. MeNsb ac Me Bae dec ay Som she vere vet of wat ese pin al ose totais he nt hough the los of desing and coining Won? ‘Ease the sheer fore ad pial exertion demanded of Mes. MeNab in| easing the Ramsay house: “The oo nd hing ee ely ow wit he wa ad ap Bg {oth ne or Ben lena oh wl ae ted. ms Rod neers eg et i am Sh wa al er lepy puned e qu “To “pec sigh” requie an enormous ff; Me: MENS plc pin appears emblematic of the pain of 4 wot awa. Her steno senblah 2 we of contmaty md sce in che Raray ome gets a ew el tiomip to the ordinary, parca odinay sng Domes objects become roe ower than they once were they sem 0 ene Toge han humans 2 Slit if in“ jg asin ee sharp edges nd fem bk of sof dames (TTL 137) Object tain ety in ties, waning aman gusioning "Wil you ade? Waly era hey should aan: we remain (TTL137) Like he dbo rt aranashat cones Sept to 22 ‘xr word he ous ak in Wools "The Mat on he Wall” —the ‘Shjets in "Tne Pas” eersene frm elements of ua. orinay i which ‘edd war ane samp ou ‘Alex Zmeling ages hae he “Escotiuous race i lay deeined | by [Wolf] wah vo highlight hora and eologishife" (193), mew tha generally dominic hinking abo Time Paes” But hog he eaten thseton cy do highligh ther han eet he shocking events decid within them am suggeing tat “Time Pass gies as ch if nt tno) atten o whats dese oi of the braces he mde Bouse tron of twa women: Redes mayer bythe braces, bt they empie (hough the grammatical fncton) the whats ise abode to wats ‘tide, Akagh neces depicted in Tie Passes iis ot Wool peimany Fc i purpose dice In ace, Wolf speicly cat ow many of bet ‘eer rferencs to Weld Wir in thi ein: Wa enc exely ale ‘Eecucivnen snore epi nthe dae Gr “Tne Pavan in 8 tate version pb» year ain than she Enid novel in Crome = Pass 52 Moder and the Ordinary prota” I the al polished wenion, Woof choos o deepen limite, onrreicences fo wat Wa acknowledged ee tad eo at 2 cane of domesic nels at csems psn to recone ough se work onary fe before the na In eh my, Tine Pe” piles he oe tines of caning ve the sock of teen cleaning aes on» eamatly new easing it cnjucson with the leer hs sake the Rana fy ac ‘he weld ouside of the out, The oar becomes 2 mens by which he tmprcdened magnitude of the wa canbe managed. Mould Book aioe in comparion othe dere lai of Euopes Dt they ate ejet tat can he mourned ot, cand, and rep The pone, biclated moment in "ine Passes” emphasizing the deratation of na, at peat om the od ay the ori ithe place where sock sabre lace mere eset inal coating 1s Mrz Dally sine conerslition osu toma the end of the sone when Chis servant pepe fore pty. When he fips ate, swe ce the sere erough Lucy en She fs oe dhe pine inter whe ‘Ma Waller fs over the soup ad salmon. Woolf emphasizes the workin the kien when Cla ary nfl ening. Or sevnts—Jeuy Mi Paks ld Elen Bare, nd Me Wkite—an all aed ike Regents Pak Pesan, deawing stein othe indapenabl fas of Clic ty not solely to he heightened sense of hun connected tat Clas ner le Furthermore, th mati things of the party zea importa the prime eine ac the phe sepa clede ying ns hen pi ee ‘et pred er ren lemon, uprated pug bn wh on ‘chad thy od vp ith sly ema eon op New We) She hice len i, whe he Hed al od th ih Bd odd ppt a elat (UD 181) “The odinary mchiery ofthe pty ith etc nor sbortintec tian pal pe of the novels aleve Like the itera il if of "Time Paes” {hs aceaalation of cooking objec cll ston othe abr bind eure Tn Woof let the are, however she becomes subled by tht method ‘nading fs and things. IF ne ook t whic animates Wools conned sel experent omes ce tht repeating ntinary experience by reas of mati spe emcees a major uncresiny inher later work Woolf bth pune an embraces theca ofthe pen he if at isin como cent ea sh hc Cae Vein Wot athe “Coen Wal of Daly Lie 83 one of x poblins with Uj wa tht Jes xplo- fhe motealicn seed indent ober witout x pepe” Ta eng ey “Phase of Fiction” (1929). for sstance Wool seems 10 Be of eno minds ezing thew of fin Gein, hn collection of wets a "he (euhles’—iacadig Delo, Swift Tellpe, Borrow, W. E, Notes and Movgasant—becane dny pty our sene of “ble” Wo admce he hie whl, Defer, cane pha i i ype the very face tha not seus of sili el i, upon money. Frit fod tl me seem rede among solid abstain a slid univene” (95) Robinson Crusoe’ Tegra intle—anogous 9 Jycanlne—and the epttious mate of elie arate ae qualities thac Woolf osenbly elebrates And yet er own ambivalence abr fice soften ee pean "trated" ze ble al ito Ahesame ep he Eins “ahi es dagen peincony fsecoding hein festa hati aon Weer hah reli me eng ‘hw len seedy Ms Bunn Ms Dob the oy ‘Renee hc header que po a noha of thin tt ‘hemp oe (Phy 03) Tn i, or mids a hereof wanes npn im cveooed by ni ts The of ft ton fo Wl eh seca and realy ie “Tough dma deat am hr pv noel, TW (1931) ks Wools ongoing sage wth et Wool pre he olny 38 rin sped fo th eral no the seh eng ee it of ane es wor The Wl oe mn guy dsr pei” es ges il "sone pking ne epi pre oe ier by mcr at dence te aco cnt ca an Rae Can threat ae pce pln vale spears orci ca Ses inset oem psi Fc eb a ced ‘on Wen wing Te Hc, Wolf wed ner cnn with {ean shou he tition even pty a poe Sh wo is 1 aed oii tat lfc danas and myo ad tot be feud hn an se oornau ich La) ep he in ff pes ander sk neo wo ry and ot we poi ts peed reap he cles of hare rel ay a ‘ew nono sao anny abu rend bind (WL 4380) 84M end she Ontinary ‘The “pursed prose” of Th Win rail difis fom cmentonl roe style The sie in TW dono replicate the way he people cual al ‘aly the senions ofthe bd spoken alo ine ie Buh experiences sce in ths work a nies: it, dildhod,adlecence, adulthood dae death Sac oces epee the wie anos a anyone. The langage of The ei "pre ems cai decries diy experiences not ‘excaondinary eats Proentecne erat te ei anion the others (xcept perhaps fo Berns Srl slog, pen nthe pat te), that ‘he novel ds no deme ind nomen of bing bt repent at of ng ne ena yay pci ime The ody ies oe shed ‘pernc, of which acl fats pla ie pce. Tight of abandonment of an eel ay, The Mie might een be considered file in Won own ems ss Mk Fey ha nue (So 12295) The le ofthe novel shares with her oder sila inabily fo procre—asorinay—dhe Lind of experiences ti dominate fw ppl ne ‘Bow of eh en With Te Yar (1987) Wool tot very ile yen hick she records exe dts, paar lesion, cinolopal deep, family genealogy, and hs moments, Yarn systematic aces in the Pgier fly fom 1880 to what Wolf call the "PraectDay.” Woolf ‘plane aan nly version ha the work “is noel of wisn bt elf fhe (Pugs 9) dhs ety esi abe serstesKeweesnonionee and ptr of fin, ene commenting on er ory a dv ‘emphasing nso ad soc iets onl wees seal ee such moe being ale ro go ati alone, ee bing compl wei ise Saar othe copious Fortes in Th Gana thefts clade in the saya mena ie eden othe creatine work ofthe txt Othe ct fot ‘nnnce rhe deal Snace ofthe Page col hat makes wy ‘he Pager uoghters er ask ogo cles o at cho nthe ed Wl? abandoned the eay/chapeer dons of the ol an fe the m0 actions togeher eaning fc tough the els ene materi Pepe more han ay of Woot’ other nore, Tels eae the way Engh fe pari Boman itron. Ain Ubi whee oc “edo kplan ‘an ce au soli objet spoted wala witha ih om back othe ‘hae with claws they appear fom on ea the neve Woo exes

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