| Visuality and Spatiality in Virginia Woolf's Fiction Contributor(s): Bullen, J. Barrie (Editor), Stevanato, Savina (Author) |
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ISBN: 303430241X ISBN-13: 9783034302418 Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis OUR PRICE: $86.31 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Aesthetics - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Art | History - General |
| Dewey: 823.912 |
| LCCN: 2011043620 |
| Series: Cultural Interactions: Studies in the Relationship Between t |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (0.95 lbs) 293 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book offers an interpretative key to Virginia Woolf's visual and spatial strategies by investigating their nature, role and function. The author examines long-debated theoretical and critical issues with their philosophical implications, as well as Woolf's commitment to contemporary aesthetic theories and practices. The analytical core of the book is introduced by a historical survey of the interart relationship and significant critical theories, with a focus on the context of Modernism. The author makes use of three investigative tools: descriptive visuality, the widely debated notion of spatial form, and cognitive visuality. The cognitive and remedial value of Woolf's visual and spatial strategies is demonstrated through an inter-textual analysis of To the Lighthouse, The Waves and Between the Acts (with cross-references to Woolf's short stories and Jacob's Room). The development of Woolf's literary output is read in the light of a quest for unity, a formal attempt to restore parts to wholeness and to rescue Being from Nothingness. |