Présentation de l'éditeur
In the summer of 1923 Virginia Woolf's nephews, Quentin and Julian Bell, started a family newspaper, The Charleston Bulletin. Quentin decided to ask his aunt Virginia for a contribution: 'it seemed stupid to have a real author so close at hand and not have her contribute.' Woolf joined forces with Quentin, and from 1923 until 1927 they created fully-fledged booklets of stories and drawings that were announced as Supplements. Written or dictated by Woolf and illustrated by Quentin, these Supplements present a unique collaboration between the novelist during her most prolific years and the child-painter. In Virginia Woolf, Quentin Bell not only found a professional author and an experienced journalist, but, above all, a close companion and conspirator who shared his irreverence and mischievous sense of humour. The Supplements are transcribed in full here for the first time alongside around 40 of Bell's original illustrations. Designed to tease the adults, they portray Bloomsbury eccentricities along with the foibles and mishaps of the residents and visitors at Charleston. This is the first time the Supplements have been published since they were first written and will therefore be welcomed by fans of Woolf and her circle.
Revue de presse
Good evidence of Woolf's wicked capacity for gossip, parodies and pranks ... [Woolf in] the 1920s was still a natural satirist, still addicted to the social comedy of families, and still making jokes as an expression of love. --Alexandra Harris, Guardian
David Bradshaw in his Preface to the Supplements acknowledges Woolf's abiding respect and even reverence for childhood not as a fleeting moment in time but as a way of being in that moment. But whatever weightier implications they may suggest, these Supplements also show Woolf just plain having fun. This beautifully produced edition includes all six of the Supplements that are known to survive. --Virginia Woolf Miscellany
The Charleston Bulletin Supplements is an absolute treat, the finest masterpiece of illustrated literary snark since Mark Twain's Advice to Little Girls --Maria Popova, Brain Pickings
Biographie de l'auteur
Claudia Olk is Chair of English and Comparative Literature at the Freie Universitat Berlin.
