Denying the Dichotomy: Word Images in The Waves
Roger Fry’s introduction to Britain of the works of Post-impressionist painters was to impact significantly on the artistic development of writers including Virginia Woolf. Out of this convergence of visual and verbal thought, The Waves emerged; a literary work deeply implicated in visual convention...
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| Language: | English |
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Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée
2006-12-01
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| Series: | Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens |
| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/cve/12499 |
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| Summary: | Roger Fry’s introduction to Britain of the works of Post-impressionist painters was to impact significantly on the artistic development of writers including Virginia Woolf. Out of this convergence of visual and verbal thought, The Waves emerged; a literary work deeply implicated in visual convention. Its pictorial interludes represent an inseparable union of word and image. I propose to examine these passages with a visual art critical lens and to consider them as one would a series of paintings. |
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| ISSN: | 0220-5610 2271-6149 |