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The feminist aesthetics of Virginia Woolf : modernism, post-impressionism, and the politics of the visual / Jane Goldman.

By: 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
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823/.912 21
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library 823.912 WOO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library 63909
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library VW VW 823.912 WOO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library 63843

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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