Between the Acts
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Between the Acts is Virginia Woolf’s final novel, a modernist work that interweaves a village pageant with reflections on art, history, and the looming threat of World War II.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Between the Acts canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
modernist novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Virginia Woolf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralEvent | village historical pageant ⓘ |
| completedBy | Leonard Woolf (editorial preparation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
birds and nature imagery
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mirrors and reflection ⓘ performance and spectatorship ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts | tensions within an upper-middle-class family ⓘ |
| explores |
continuity and rupture in English history
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relationship between art and reality ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Bart Oliver
NERFINISHED
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Giles Oliver NERFINISHED ⓘ Isa Oliver NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucy Swithin NERFINISHED ⓘ Miss La Trobe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsWork | The Years NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
modernist fiction
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stream-of-consciousness fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | single-day narrative ⓘ |
| hasPageantDirector | Miss La Trobe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
English cultural memory
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approach of World War II ⓘ limits of representation ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | experimental prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
art and performance
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fragmentation of experience ⓘ gender and social roles ⓘ history and national identity ⓘ imminence of war ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
shifting perspectives
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stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| notableFor | being Virginia Woolf’s final novel ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Between the Acts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| posthumous | true ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1941 ⓘ |
| publisher | Hogarth Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | English village ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | on the eve of World War II ⓘ |
| structure | framed by a village pageant ⓘ |
| timeSpanOfStory | one day ⓘ |
| tone |
foreboding
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lyrical ⓘ meditative ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Virginia Woolf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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