The Sisters' Arts: The Writing and Painting of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell - Softcover

Gillespie, Diane F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0815625294 ISBN 13: 9780815625292

Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr, 1991

Synopsis

Book by Gillespie, Diane F.

About this title

From Library Journal:

$32.50. lit This cross-disciplinary investigation into two of the Bloomsbury elite has its high and low points. Inevitably, it says more about Woolfabout whom plenty has been saidthan Bell, and there is a hyper-literary tendency to treat Bell's artwork (most plates not seen) as "text." Because of the diverse genres, there is need for a lot of explication, so at times description overwhelms argument. Also, a biographical slant produces sisterly interplay that can be tedious. That said, there is much of interest here on the painterly aspects of Woolf's writing, on Modernism, and on the complex relationship between written and visual arts. It will hold automatic appeal for fans/students of Bloomsbury. Robert E. Brown, Onondaga Cty. P.L., Syracuse,
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About this edition

• Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0815625294
• ISBN 13: 9780815625292
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400