LE ROMAN PSYCHOLOGIQUE DE VIRGINIA WOOLF. (THE PSYCHOLOGICAL NOVEL OF VIRGINIA WOOLF).
Paris: Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin, 1932. First Edition.
Duodecimo. Quarter bound in leather with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine, deep green and black marbled boards. Georgeous green and gilt endpapers. Original wrappers printed in black, bound in; silk place marker. 268pp. Bibliography. Leather rubbed at crown and top, tips rubbed, early ownership signature on first free endsheet, else a near fine copy of this uncommon title written in French. From the library of noted Bloomsbury collector, William Beekman, with his bookplate to the verso of the first first free endsheet.
First edition. Undoubtedly one of the earliest appreciations of Woolf by a French contemporary. Delattre, a professor of English Literature and Civilization, also studied such English writers as William Blake, Robert Herrick, Byron, William James, and Dickens. To our mind, this is an excellent study that presents Woolf in the context of a feminine literary tradition, principally in the English tradition. The study is divided into four chapters, each chapter is further sub-divided into specific topics. The bibliography includes helpful material on French translations – some of which is not found in Kirkpatrick. As Delattre so aptly wrote: “Virginia Woolf occupe, dans la littérature anglaise contemporaine, une place de premier plan …. Virginia Woolf a orienté son oeuvre, avant tout du côte de l’avenir.” [“Virginia Woolf occupies a leading place in contemporary English literature…. Virginia Woolf oriented her work, above all, towards the future”].
. Near fine. Item #633Price: $175.00