llcL W 2S Virginia Woolf A Study of the Short Fiction _ Also Available in Twaynes Studies in Short Fiction Series Stephen Crane: A Study of the Short Fiction by Chester L. Wolford Andre Dubus: A Study of the Short Fiction by Thomas E. Kennedy Flannery O'Connor: A Study of the Short Fiction by Suzanne Morrow Paulson John Steinbeck: A Study of the Short Fiction by R. S. Hughes Peter Taylor: A Study of the Short Fiction by James Curry Robison Tennessee Williams: A Study of the Short Fiction by Dennis Vannatta Twaynes Studies in Short Fiction Gordon Weaver, General Editor Oklahoma State University VIRGINIA WOOLF Photograph courtesy of the Wesleyan University Library Virginia Woolf A Study of the Short Fiction Dean R. Baldwin The Pennsylvania State University at Erie, The Behrend College l WAYNE PUBLISHERS • BOSTON A Division of G. K. Hall & Co. Copyright © 1989 by G. K. Hall & Co. All rights reserved. Published by Twayne Publishers A division of G. K. Hall & Co. 70 Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02111 Twayne’s Studies in Short Fiction Series No. 6 Copyediting supervised by Barbara Sutton. Book design and production by Janet Z. Reynolds. Typeset in 10/12 Caslon by Compset, Inc. Printed on permanent/durable acid-free paper and bound in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Baldwin, Dean R., 1942— Virginia Woolf: a study of the short fiction. (Twayne’s studies in short fiction ; no 6) Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Woolf, Virginia, 1882—1941—Criticism and interpretation. 2. Short story. I. Title. II. Series. PR6045.072Z542 1989 823'.912 88-34765 ISBN 0-8057-8314-8 (alk. paper)