The Haunted House in St. Ives: Ghostly Presences and Sensuous Memories in Virginia Woolf’s “A Sketch Of The Past”
This article explores how Virginia Woolf’s memories as worked into her piece of life writing “A Sketch of the Past” (1939-1940) can be perceived as haunted. Employing the tropes of the “haunted house” and “ghostly presences,” we examine Woolf’s “colour-and-sound memories” (Woolf 66) of her childhoo...
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| Main Authors: | Gabriela Zetehaku Araujo, Maria Rita Drumond Viana |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2025-06-01
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| Series: | Ilha do Desterro |
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| Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/103755 |
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