These essays explore music and its relationship to language, aesthetics, and culture in the life and work of the preeminent Modernist writer Virginia Woolf (Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando, A Room of One's Own, and other works). Approaching Woolf from musicology, literary criticism, and gender studies, the collection examines her musical background; music in her fiction and critical writings; and the importance of music in the Bloomsbury milieu and its role within the larger framework of Modernism. Making use of Woolf's diaries, letters, fiction, and the testimony of her contemporaries, these essays illuminate the rich and deeply musical nature of Woolf's works.

Contributions by: Sanja Bahun, Elicia Clements, Deborah Crisp, Evelyn Haller, Roger Hillman, Rosemary Lloyd, Vanessa Manhire, Jim Stewart, Emma Sutton, Mihaly Szegedy-Maszak, Trina Thompson