cocoa --
You have asked a very specific question, and I am happy to be able to
provide you with a very specific answer very promptly.
The 1905 essay "Street Music," by Virginia Woolf, can be found on page
27 of "Essays of Virginia Woolf, Volume 1," Andrew McNeillie, ed.,
Harvest Books (1989).
Here is an image of the table of contents page that contains the
essay's entry:
Amazon.com: Essays of Virginia Woolf, Volume One: Table of Contents
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0156290545/ref=lib_rd_ss_TC01/103-7867102-6341437?v=glance&s=books&vi=reader&img=2#reader-link
The book is sold by Amazon.com for $23, although only two copies are
available:
Amazon.com: Essays of Virginia Wool, Volume One
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0156290545/ref=lib_rd_btb/103-7867102-6341437?v=glance&s=books
However, Barnes & Noble represents that it can ship the book in two to
three days:
Barnes & Noble: Essays of Virginia Woolf, Volume One
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=1OOMJM4MG7&isbn=0156290545&itm=54
In any case, many copies of the book are available from used book
sellers. Here is a link to a list of available copies as compiled by
bookfinder.com (just click on any of the variations of the title on
the list of similarly titled works):
Bookfinder.com: Return on title search
http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?author=&title=essays+of+Virginia+Woolf+vol+1&submit=Begin+Search&new_used=*&binding=*&isbn=&keywords=&minprice=&maxprice=¤cy=USD&mode=advanced&st=sr&ac=qr
I would have preferred to find an online version of the essay, but
none appears to be available. This is not surprising, since Woolf
published more that 500 works in essay form. Here is a description of
her essay output:
"As an essayist Woolf was prolific, publishing some 500 essays in
periodicals and collections, beginning 1905. Characteristic for
Woolf's essays are dialogic nature of style and continual questioning
of opinion - her reader is often directly addressed, in a
conversational tone, and her rejection of an authoritative voice links
her essays to the tradition of Montaigne."
The Literature Network: Virginia Woolf
http://www.online-literature.com/virginia_woolf/
While of considerable interest to scholars, they seem to be largely
forgotten by the more casual Woolf aficionado. For example, note that
this site, which lists the "Works of Virginian Woolf" (and links to
online text versions of some), uses a catch-all reference to the
existence of "some essays and short stories":
Virginia Woolf Chronology
http://orlando.jp.org/VWWARC/vwbib.html
Search Strategy:
I first ran this straightforward Google search:
"street music" "virginia woolf"
://www.google.com/search?q=+%22street+music%22virginia++woolf%22%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&start=20&sa=N
This resulted in only one relevant reference (in French) -- summary
materials outlining the topics for a literary conference>
I then ran the following search:
"virginia woolf" essays
://www.google.com/search?q=%22virginia++woolf%22%22+essays&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&start=10&sa=N
Amidst the chaff of references to essays about Woolf was the reference
to the collection of essays that I cited at the outset of this answer.
I found the essay by using Amazon.com's tools for perusing an image
of the table of contents.
Research at Amazon.com and other bookseller's sites lead me to believe
that this book is the only readily source for the essay.
If any of the above is unclear, please ask for clarification before
rating this answer.
markj- |
