The feminist aesthetics of Virginia Woolf : modernism, post-impressionism, and the politics of the visual / Jane Goldman.
Publication details: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.Description: xi, 243 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:- 0521590965
- Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 -- Aesthetics
- Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 -- Political and social views
- Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 29th century
- Feminism and literature -- England -- History -- 20th century
- Women and literature -- England -- History -- 20th century
- Art and literature -- England -- History -- 20th century
- Post-impressionism (Art) -- England
- Modernism (Literature) -- England
- Visual perception in literature
- Aesthetics, British
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-230) and index.
1. Introduction: interrupted moments -- 2. Virginia Woolf: heliotropics, subjectivity and feminism -- 3. The astonishing moment -- 4. The amusing game -- 5. The gathering crowd -- 6. The chasing of the sun and the victory of the colors -- 7. Elegiacs: capsizing light and returning color -- 8. The death of the sun and the return of the fish -- 9. Post-Impressionism: the explosion of colour -- 10. Romantic to Classic: Post-Impressionist theories from 1910 to 1912 -- 11. The new prismatics: Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell and English Post-Impressionism -- 12. 'Her pictures stand for something': Woolf's forewords to Bell's paintings -- 13. To the Lighthouse: purple triangle and green shawl -- 14. The Waves: purple buttons and white foam -- 15. Conclusion.
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