wall lights & sconces
approaches to teaching woolfs mrs. dalloway
mrs. dalloway is considered a central work in virginia woolfs oeuvre and in the modernist canon . it not only addresses historical and cultural issues such as war colonialism class politics marriage sexuality and psychology but also reimagines the novel form . moreover mrs. dalloway continues to grow in its influence and visibility inspiring adaptations in film theater print and other media . p despite mrs. dalloways continued popularity many students today find the prose daunting and a barrier to their appreciation and comprehension of the novel . this volume seeks to give instructors a variety of strategies for making woolfs work compelling and accessible to students while addressing the diverse ways it has been interpreted . part 1 materials reviews editions of mrs. dalloway as well as critical and historical resources related to the novel . part 2 approaches explores the task of contextualizing this key modernist text in the classroom . some contributors situate mrs. dalloway in its historical time and place namely london in the period between the two world wars . others discuss the novels narrative form or interpret it using perspectives from cultural studies feminism or queer theory . still others address the novels relation to poems films and victorian novels . finally a group of essays discusses the challenges and rewards of teaching the novel in settings both traditional and nontraditional from a college classroom to a prison .