Virginia Woolf
The Echoes Enslaved

A study of the works of Virginia Woolf and of other 'Bloomsbury' writers, in particular Roger Fry.

Allen McLaurin (Author)

9780521131155, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 11 February 2010

244 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.4 cm, 0.32 kg

'… 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

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.

Preface
Introduction
1. Samuel Butler on convention and repetition
Part I. Roger Fry and the problem of representation
3. Verisimilitude and illusion: The Voyage Out and Night and Day
4. Sensation in language and art: Mrs Dalloway and Flush
5. Autonomy: Between the Acts
6. Craftsmanship
7. Colour
8. Space: 'hollowing out a canvas'
Part II. Repetition and Rhythm: 9. An introduction to the problem
10. The double nature of repetition: The Waves
11. The symbolic keyboard: Mrs Dalloway
12. Plot, history and memory: The Years
13. Character
Conclusion
14. To the Lighthouse
Appendices
Notes
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]