RESONATING ACROSS GENERATIONS

VIRGINIA WOOLF AND LITERARY CROSSOVER LOGIC

Abstract

This article investigates how Virginia Woolf’s literary work and persona have been reimagined in children’s literature and culture. It analyzes five key categories of texts: intergenerational collaborations, illustrated narrative fictions, biographies (divided into metaphorical picture books and visual literature), picturebook retellings, and illustrated canon repackagings. The study argues that, despite targeting a younger audience, these texts serve as crossover literature by blurring the lines between age, genre, and audience. Rather than diminishing Woolf’s modernist legacy, her works, adaptations, retellings, and biographies are characterized by rich metaphor, visual hybridity, and multimodal storytelling. The findings propose a model of cultural transmission that challenges vertical hierarchies, promoting engagement with literary memory instead.