{"product_id":"essays-on-the-self-by-virginia-woolf-9781907903922","title":"Essays on the Self","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWoolf's fine character studies of several authors, among them Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who 'seems not a man, but a swarm, a cloud, a buzz of words, darting this way and that, clustering, quivering and hanging suspended'. He is, Woolf adds, so complex, so eccentric, that we 'become dazed in the labyrinth of what we call Coleridge'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe was incapable of adopting requisite social modes, of suppressing his obsessive urge to talk, of pandering to the expectations of others. Woolf tries to capture a 'clear picture' of Coleridge but this metaphor is skewed and what she really reveals is a voice—mad and beautiful—never to be heard again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEssays on the Self\u003c\/em\u003e explores these intricate character portraits with Woolf’s rich and evocative prose, providing insights into the human condition and literary world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67708966830316,"sku":"9781907903922","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781907903922-essays-on-the-self-1.jpg?v=1791839700","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/essays-on-the-self-by-virginia-woolf-9781907903922","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}