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It has been known for some time that Woolf was molested by her Duckworth half-brothers. Drawing on Woolf's published and unpublished writings, on writings by the Stephen family, and on the recent literature of child abuse, DeSalvo argues that these dreadful experiences are the key to Woolf's instability and crucial to her artistic vision. The author marshals her well-documented argument carefully, but it is finally too unrelenting, theoretical, and even speculative. De...Log In or Sign Up to Read More