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Who's a fan of Virginia Woolf ?; Virginia Woolf's reputation has never been greater. But no one can bear to read her now.

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From: The Evening Standard (London, England)
Date: 20030113
Author:Sexton, David

Byline: DAVID SEXTON

BLOOMSBURY continues to provide a rich mine of material for gossip, memoirs, biographies and biopics. But those responsible for this ceaseless flow of secondary products appear never seem to ask if the Bloomsbury Group deserves such continued attention. Did this bunch of determined self-congratulators ever produce any first-rate art whatsoever of international importance?

The latest Bloomsbury spin-off is a little different from the usual chatter, admittedly. The Hours, a movie directed by Stephen Daldry, from a script by David Hare, adapting the ...

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