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Die Fahrt zum Leuchtturm, aktueller Titel Zum Leuchtturm ( englisch To the Lighthouse ), ist ein Roman von Virginia Woolf. Die mehrstimmige Geschichte handelt von der Ramsay-Familie und ihren Besuchen auf der schottischen Isle of Skye zwischen 1910 und 1920. Der Roman gehört zur modernen Literatur und verwendet ähnliche Erzähltechniken wie ...
To the Lighthouse is a 1927 novel by Virginia Woolf. The novel centres on the Ramsay family and their visits to the Isle of Skye in Scotland between 1910 and 1920. Following and extending the tradition of modernist novelists like Marcel Proust and James Joyce , the plot of To the Lighthouse is secondary to its philosophical introspection.
- Virginia Woolf
- Modernism
- 1927
- 5 May 1927
To the Lighthouse, novel by Virginia Woolf, published in 1927. The work is one of her most successful and accessible experiments in the stream-of-consciousness style. The three sections of the book take place between 1910 and 1920 and revolve around various members of the Ramsay family during visits to their summer residence on the Isle of Skye in Scotland.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Semiautobigoraphy. Although the plot of To the Lighthouse shares many similarities with Woolf’s own biography (Woolf’s family rented a summerhouse on the Hebrides in view of a lighthouse, Woolf’s father could be stifling, Woolf’s mother and sister died when she was young), Woolf correctly insisted that the novel should not be read as a straightforward autobiography.
Overview. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, published in 1927, stands as a groundbreaking work of modernist literature. The novel unfolds in three parts, with the first section, “The Window,” introducing the Ramsay family and their summer on the Isle of Skye. Through the use of stream-of-consciousness techniques, Woolf delves into the ...
Mr. Ramsay declares that he and James and Cam, one of his daughters, will journey to the lighthouse. On the morning of the voyage, delays throw him into a fit of temper. He appeals to Lily for sympathy, but, unlike Mrs. Ramsay, she is unable to provide him with what he needs. The Ramsays set off, and Lily takes her place on the lawn, determined ...
In a summerhouse on the Isle of Skye, James is enraged when Mr. Ramsay insists he won’t get to go to the Lighthouse the next day. Mr. Tansley echoes Mr. Ramsay. Mrs. Ramsay tries to preserve James’ hope. She reflects on Mr. Tansley’s charmlessness, then recalls his confiding in her about his poverty. Lily struggles to paint on the lawn.
