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Virginia Woolf's essay 'Street Haunting' is a modernist exploration of London's urban environment and its impact on the individual's inner life. Through a stream-of-consciousness narrative, Woolf reflects on memory, identity, and the anonymity of city life. Her nocturnal walk, under the guise of buying a pencil, reveals the city's influence on personal history and the transient nature of urban interactions.
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Woolf's use of stream of consciousness as a narrative technique is a defining aspect of her modernist style
Encouragement to Explore and Subvert Conventional Narrative Forms
Woolf's fellow writers and intellectuals in the Bloomsbury Group influenced her to push the boundaries of traditional storytelling
Woolf's essay "Street Haunting" showcases her modernist style through its use of introspection and acute observations of London's urban landscape
Woolf's journey through London, ostensibly to buy a pencil, is actually a means to experience the city's vibrant life
Winter Evening and Anonymity
Woolf's choice of a winter evening for her journey highlights the anonymity it affords, allowing for solitary walks
Use of Stream-of-Consciousness Narration
Woolf's fluid shifts between internal reflections and external scenes create a multi-layered depiction of the city and its inhabitants
Woolf's essay delves into themes of identity, the significance of objects, and the cyclical nature of life in the city
Woolf reflects on the role of objects in constructing personal history and identity, using her own piece of china as an example
In the public sphere, individuality is subsumed by the collective experience of the city, as seen through Woolf's observations of a diligent office worker
Woolf posits that the cityscape can significantly shape the psychological and creative lives of its inhabitants, as shown through her own introspection and observations of others
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Born on ______, Virginia Woolf was a key figure in the ______ ______ and her work 'Street Haunting' reflects her ______ style.
January 25, 1882
Bloomsbury Group
modernist
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Setting of 'Street Haunting'
Winter evening in London, enhances solitary walks and anonymity.
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Narrative Technique in 'Street Haunting'
Stream-of-consciousness, blends internal musings with external observations.
