A Room of One's Own

A Room of One s Own, is one of Virginia Woolf s most influential works and is widely recognized for its extraordinary contribution to the women s movement. This timely and important new edition adopts the complete text of the first British edition published in 1929. * Features a comprehensive introduction detailing the process and composition of Woolf s original essay and the evolution of its subsequent publication history * The first comprehensive and authoritative edition of this foundational text of the feminist movement, and one of the most significant works in Woolf s own canon * The only volume based on comparisons of each of the British editions of A Room of One s Own that appeared in Woolf s lifetime * Incorporates extensive explanatory notes which reveal the essay s broader political, historical, social, and literary contexts * Includes a comprehensive appendix highlighting variations between each of the British editions that appeared in Woolf s lifetime and the first American edition; alterations from Woolf s uncorrected proofs; and current editorial emendations incorporated in this new edition