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ERIC Number: EJ513579
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0278-3193
Study of Life Themes in Charlotte Bronte and Virginia Woolf.
VanTassel-Baska, Joyce
Roeper Review, v18 n1 p14-19 Sep 1995
This article explores the inner and outer forces that energized the lives of Charlotte Bronte and Virginia Woolf and influenced their talent development. Similarities in their lives, including adversity, autodidactism, practice of the writing craft, search for a mother figure, influence of place, loneliness, emotional support, and a philosophy of being, are noted. (DB)
Descriptors: Authors, Biographies, Educational Environment, Family Environment, Gifted, History, Individual Development, Personality Traits, Talent, Talent Development
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Bronte (Charlotte); Exceptionally Gifted; Woolf (Virginia)
Note: Special issue: Adult Women's Talent Development.