Virginia Woolf and the Russian Point of View

ROBERTA RUBENSTEIN is Professor of Literature at American University, USA and author of Home Matters: Longing and Belonging, Nostalgia and Mourning in Women's Fiction.

Introduction: Russophilia PART I: DOSTOEVSKY - 'THE DIM AND POPULOUS UNDERWORLD' The Possessed - holograph reading notes (1928) On The Possessed , from 'The Psychologists,' in 'Phases of Fiction' - Holograph Draft (1928) PART II: CHEKHOV - 'AN ASTONISHING SENSE OF FREEDOM' 'Tchekhov on Pope' - Holograph Draft (1925) 'Tchekhov on Pope' - Typescript 'The Rape of the Lock' - Holograph Reading Notes (1925) PART III: TOLSTOY - 'GENIUS IN THE RAW' Anna Karenina I - Holograph Reading Notes (1909-1914?) Anna Karenina II - Holograph Reading Notes War and Peace - Holograph Reading Notes (1928-1929) PART IV: TURGENEV - 'A PASSION FOR ART' Turgenev's Fiction - Holograph Reading Notes (1933) Conclusion - 'everything is the proper stuff of fiction'