| Evidence: | Virginia Woolf to Lytton Strachey, 12 October 1918:
'I read the Greeks, but I am extremely doubtful whether I understand anything they say; also I
have read the whole of Milton, without throwing any light upon my own soul, but that I rather
like. Don't you think it very queer though that he entirely neglects the human heart? Is that
the result of writing one's masterpiece at the age of 50?'
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| Reader: | Virginia Woolf |
| Age | Unknown |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 25 Jan 1882 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | John Milton |
| Title: | complete works |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 17808 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Virginia Woolf | |
| Editor: | Joanne Trautmann Banks | |
| Title: | Congenial Spirits: The Selected Letters of Virginia Woolf | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1989 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 101 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Virginia Woolf, Joanne Trautmann Banks (ed.), Congenial Spirits: The Selected Letters of Virginia Woolf (London, 1989), p. 101, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17808, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
| Not clear whether Woolf includes Milton's prose as well as poetry. |
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