The old woman and the sea, subtexts in Virginia Woolf's To the lighthouse

Chapter One will examine the first alternative to patriarchy, the sacrifice of the father, by tracing the influence of the Pin Well legend in Woolf's work. Chapter One will explore not only the phallic pins, but also the related notion of the gaze. In opposition to the gaze, Woolf sets out cove...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peterson, Donna Kristin
Language:en_US
Published: 2007
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/1523