Virginia Woolf: The Echoes Enslaved

McLaurin, Allen

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 052108704X ISBN 13: 9780521087049

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1973

A study of the works of Virginia Woolf and of other 'Bloomsbury' writers, in particular Roger Fry. Dr McLaurin discusses the influence of Samuel Butler on the philosophy and especially the aesthetics of Bloomsbury, and the relationships between the writings of Virginia Woolf and Roger Fry, showing that in her novels she was grappling with the same ideas as Fry was in his art-criticism. He then explores the place of repetition in the whole process of art and examines the uses of repetition in the work of Virginia Woolf and others, notably the 'stream of consciousness' writers. The final section of the book draws these themes together in a study of To the Lighthouse. This book explains a great deal about Virginia Woolf's attitude to writing and her preoccupation with the techniques of painting, and makes intelligible much about her aims and methods by setting them in their social and historical context.

Recensione:

'... by bringing many aspects of Woolf's work together, McLaurin ensures that his readers appreciate the thought which informed the 'whole shape' of her writing, much as she wished her readers to appreciate the 'whole shape' of her novels.' Virginia Woolf Bulletin

Descrizione del libro:

A study of the works of Virginia Woolf and of other 'Bloomsbury' writers, in particular Roger Fry. Dr McLaurin discusses the influence of Samuel Butler on the philosophy and especially the aesthetics of Bloomsbury, and the relationships between the writings of Virginia Woolf and Roger Fry.