The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and the Arts

In her autobiography, A Sketch of the Past, Virginia Woolf wrote that “the whole world is a work of art; we are parts of the work of art”. The changing aesthetic tastes and innovations of the early twentieth century were a positive influence in Woolf's career, from the photographic descriptions in her books to designing dust covers with her artist sister Vanessa Bell, and also an important focus of her life and personality. The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and the Arts, the “most authoritative and up to date guide” on the subject, is a beautifully presented and...