# CiNii - The Androgyny in Virginia Woolf's Orlando and Nrs Dalloway <修士論文要旨>Virginia Woolf における両性具有論 : Orlando と Mrs Dalloway を中心に [in Japanese] The Androgyny in Virginia Woolf's Orlando and Nrs Dalloway ... ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110000097893/en - Cached - Similar # Virginia Woolf - Free Online Library Free Online Library: books by Virginia Woolf - best known authors and titles are ... Woolf refers to Coleridge who said that a great mind is androgynous and ... woolf.thefreelibrary.com/

In her article “Virginia Woolf and Androgyny,” author Marilyn Farwell explores the issue of what it Woolf is getting at in her use of the term “androgyny” in feminist criticism. Farwell writes that one of the issues complicating the matter of Woolf's use of androgyny is the myriad of definitions critics have used to describe Woolf's criticism. Proposed definitions of Woolf's androgyny have encompassed everything from the balance between “the poles of intuition and reason, subjectivity and objectivity, anima and animus, heterosexuality and homosexuality, and finally manic and depressive.” Farwell's list intrigued me, for I had really only considered sexual androgyny, in terms of the different sensibilities of men and women, to be the meaning of the word Woolf used in her critical examination, “A Room of One's Own.” For the rest of this interesting article go to; emilylitcrit.blogspot.com/.../androgyny-of-virginia-woolf.html I

Hello Sharonxie, "Androgyny" means having male and female characteristics . Virginia Woolf is a female author who wrote her works with an hermaphroditic mind, that is to say a mind that combines the 2 opposite qualities ( feminine and masculine) .That is called also an androgynous mind. She thought that this renders her literature naturally creative, incandescent, and undivided . She thought that anyone , whether male or female could reach that level of unbiased writing. Many people believe that it is impossible to write without showing biases, however she was able to think androgynously in her writings , what she became well known for.