Three Guineas
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Three Guineas is an extended feminist essay by Virginia Woolf that critiques patriarchy, militarism, and the social structures that exclude women from education and professional life.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Three Guineas canonical | 3 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
essay
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feminist essay ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| addressesTo | an educated man ⓘ |
| advocates |
financial support for women's colleges
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independence from patriarchal institutions ⓘ women's access to higher education ⓘ women's entry into professions ⓘ |
| author | Virginia Woolf ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| critiques |
fascism
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military institutions ⓘ patriarchal social structures ⓘ sex discrimination in education ⓘ sex discrimination in employment ⓘ |
| firstEditionLanguage | English ⓘ |
| followedBy | Between the Acts ⓘ |
| format | extended essay ⓘ |
| genre |
feminist literature
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pacifist literature ⓘ political essay ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
education and class
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links between patriarchy and militarism ⓘ professional life of women ⓘ women and war ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
interwar period
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rise of fascism in Europe ⓘ |
| influenced | second-wave feminism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Modernism
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surface form:
modernism
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| mainTheme |
anti-fascism
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economic independence of women ⓘ feminism ⓘ militarism ⓘ patriarchy ⓘ professional exclusion of women ⓘ war and peace ⓘ women's education ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | epistolary ⓘ |
| notableFor |
linking feminism with anti-militarism
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use of irony and rhetorical questions ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Years ⓘ |
| proposes | outsider's society of women ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1938 ⓘ |
| publisher | Hogarth Press ⓘ |
| relatedWork | A Room of One's Own ⓘ |
| structure | three essays framed as letters ⓘ |
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