Woolf and Classical Music

Karina talks with Prof Emma Sutton about the myriad of ways that classical music is relevant to Woolf's life and work. They discuss how innovations in early twentieth century music influenced changes in modern literature and how this music impacted on Woolf's writing process. 

Prof Emma Sutton a professor of English at the University of St Andrews, and has published widely on the relationships among music, literature and fine art in the nineteenth and twentieth century. She is author of Aubrey Beardsley and British Wagnerism in the 1890s (Oxford, 2002), Virginia Woolf and Classical Music (Edinburgh, 2013). She is also Founding Director of the Woolf and Music project.  

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