The Visual Arts, Pictorialism, and the Novel: James, Lawrence, and Woolf

by Marianna Torgovnick

Overview

Marianna Torgovnick maintains that it is worthwhile to think about novels in terms of the visual arts—in part because major novelists like James, Lawrence, and Woolf did so, and did so fruitfully, as they were influenced by their perceptions of artistic movements.

Originally published in 1985.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691611419
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	07/14/2014
Series:	Princeton Legacy Library , #544
Pages:	298
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

• FrontMatter, pg. i
• Contents, pg. vii
• Plates, pg. ix
• Acknowledgments, pg. xi
• Introduction, pg. 1
• ONE. In the Documentary Mode: James, Lawrence, Woolf, and the Visual Arts, pg. 37
• TWO. Paintbrushes, Chisels, and Red Herrings: Decorative Uses of the Visual Arts and Pictorialism in Selected Novels by James and Earlier Novelists, pg. 70
• THREE. The Sisters' Arts: Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell, pg. 107
• FOUR. Art, Ideologies, and Ideals in Fiction: The Contrasting Cases of Virginia Woolf and D. H. Lawrence, pg. 124
• FIVE. Perception, Impression, and Knowledge in The Portrait of a Lady, The Ambassadors, and The Golden Bowl, pg. 157
• SIX. Encoding the Taboo in Women in Love, pg. 192
• Conclusion, pg. 214
• Notes, pg. 225
• Bibliography, pg. 249
• Index, pg. 259