Reading Intercultural, Intergenerational and Intertextual Woolf: Virginia Woolf’s “The Lady in the Looking-Glass,” Oscar Wilde’s “The Sphinx without a Secret,” and Lady Murasaki’s Yugao

Abstract

This chapter argues examines Virginia Woolf's interest in Far Eastern art and literature, arguing that it was not a short-lived intellectual flirtation but a lasting influence and source of inspiration. Kinoshita supports this by exploring the textual connections between three pieces of short fiction.