Woolf knew why. The patriarchy, she wrote, depends upon man’s “feeling that great numbers of people, half the human race ...

Two previously unknown poems by Virginia Woolf have been found in a library at the University of Texas at Austin. They are said to have been written for her niece and nephew sometime after March 1927.

Born in 1882, Woolf was a pioneer of modernist literature. Her works, known for their experimental style and deep psychological insight, include classics such as Mrs Dalloway, Orlando, and The Waves.

Image: Virginia Woolf Collection, Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin. By permission of the Society of Authors as literary representative of the Estate of Virginia Woolf./ ...

Virginia Woolf Collection, Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin. By permission of the Society of Authors as literary representative of the Estate of Virginia Woolf. Oliver estimates ...