Virginia Woolf and the Visible World

Dalgarno, Emily

ISBN 10: 0521792991 / ISBN 13: 9780521792998

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2001

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Synopsis:

In Virginia Woolf and the Visible World, Emily Dalgarno examines Woolf's engagement with notions of the subject and codes of the visible. Dalgarno examines how Woolf's writing engages with visible and non-visible realms of experience, and draws on ideas from the diverse fields of psychoanalytic theory, classical Greek tragedy, astronomy, photography and photojournalism. The solar eclipse of 1927 marks a dividing line in Woolf's career, after which she portrayed the visible world in terms of light, and shifted her interest from painting to photography. Dalgarno offers textual analyses of Woolf's individual works, including To the Lighthouse, The Waves and Three Guineas, arguing for the importance of her ongoing interest in Greek translation. In later chapters, she explores the theory of the subject that emerges from Woolf's representation of the visible in her autobiography.

About the Author: Emily Dalgarno is a Professor of English at Boston University, who has also taught at l'Université Paul Valéry in Montpellier. She has published articles in Conrad, Faulkner, Lawrence and Woolf, among others.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Virginia Woolf and the Visible World
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good