The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and the Arts (Edinburgh Companions to Literature and the Humanities) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0748635521 ISBN 13: 9780748635528

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2010

Synopsis

The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and the Arts is the most authoritative and up-to-date guide to Virginia Woolf's artistic influences and associations. In original, extensive and newly researched chapters by internationally recognised authors, the Companion explores Woolf's ideas about creativity and the nature of art in the context of the recent 'turn to the visual' in modernist studies with its focus on visual technologies and the significance of material production. The in-depth chapters place Woolf's work in relation to the most influential aesthetic theories and artistic practices, including Bloomsbury aesthetics, art and race, Vanessa Bell and painting, art galleries, theatre, music, dance, fashion, entertaining, garden and book design, broadcasting, film, and photography. No previous book concerned with Woolf and the arts has been so wide ranging or has paid such close attention to both public and domestic art forms.Illustrated with 16 colour as well as 39 black and white illustrations and with guides to further reading, the Companion will be an essential reference work for scholars, students and the general public.Key Features* An essential reference tool for all those working on or interested in Virginia Woolf, the arts, visual culture and modernist studies* Provides a new intellectual framework for the exciting discoveries of the past decades*Draws on archival and historical research into Virginia Woolf's manuscripts and her Bloomsbury milieu*Original chapters from expert contributors newly commissioned by Maggie Humm, widely known for her important work on Virginia Woolf and visual culture*Combines broad synthesis and original reflection setting Woolf's work in historical, cultural and artistic contexts

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About the Author

Maggie Humm is an Emeritus Professor whose work on Woolf includes Feminism and Film; Modernist Women and Visual Cultures: Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell, Photography and Cinema; Snapshots of Bloomsbury: The Private Lives of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell; The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and the Arts and The Bloomsbury Photographs. Her novel Talland House takes Lily Briscoe from To the Lighthouse, telling her life outside Woolf’s novel, and Lily solves the mystery of Mrs Ramsay’s sudden death. Among other prizes, the novel won ‘Women’s Fiction’ International Impact Awards. Radical Woman: Gwen John & Rodin, about the artist Gwen John’s affair with Rodin, was a finalist in the American Writing Awards and won the Bookfest Awards for Women’s Historical Fiction.

From the Back Cover

'No previous book has attempted an overview of the significance of the arts to Woolf. Hence the need for this all encompassing endeavour. Its breadth of interest catches many topics. This is a richly variegated assortment of essays. It will, for a long time, remain a most useful compendium.'Frances Spalding, art historian, critic and biographer'The Companion gathers a stellar group of scholars to exemplify the range and depth of Woolf's engagement with the arts. This remarkable collection shows that Woolf stands at the heart of the dynamism and innovations of twentieth-century aesthetics. It will be a rich and provocative resource for anyone with an interest in modern culture.'Mark Hussey, Editor, Woolf Studies AnnualThe Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and the ArtsEdited by Maggie HummThe Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and the Arts is the most authoritative and up-to-date guide to Virginia Woolf's artistic influences and associations.In original, extensive and newly researched chapters by internationally recognised authors, the Companion explores Woolf's ideas about creativity and the nature of art in the context of the recent 'turn to the visual' in modernist studies with its focus on visual technologies and the significance of material production. The in-depth chapters place Woolf's work in relation to the most influential aesthetic theories and artistic practices, including Bloomsbury aesthetics, art and race, Vanessa Bell and painting, art galleries, theatre, music, dance, fashion, entertaining, garden and book design, broadcasting, film, and photography. No previous book concerned with Woolf and the arts has been so wide ranging or has paid such close attention to both public and domestic art forms.Illustrated with 16 colour as well as 39 black and white illustrations and with guides to further reading, the Companion will be an essential reference work for scholars, students and the general public.Contributors: Tony Bradshaw, Liz

Edition details

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0748635521
• ISBN 13: 9780748635528
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 512
• Editor: Humm Maggie