Mr Bennett and Mrs Brown

Question 1

Edwardians wrote ______ books, but were

Answer 1

“necessary”… “never interested in character in itself.”

Question 2

French naturalism: what did they do to Mrs Brown?

What did they want to create?

Answer 2

“sacrifice the individual Mrs. Brown to give a more general view of human nature” “harmonious whole.”

Question 3

What happened in 1910?
What was different? 1+4
As a result, what happened to literature?

Answer 3

“in or about December, 1910, human character changed.”, “all human relations have shifted” “a change in religion, conduct, politics, and literature”

“there was no English novelist living from whom they could learn their business”

Question 4

How does Woolf cope with the quandry:

1. Panicked response, how sees technique
2. Her overarching aim

Answer 4

“describe the vivid, the overmastering impression”
all sorts of scenes rushed into my mind…which… tumbles them out pell-mell
“describe beautifully if possible, truthfully at any rate,

Question 5

Future of writing honestly?

Answer 5

“we must reconcile ourselves to a season of failures and fragments.”