Date of Completion
2014
Document Type
Honors College Thesis
Department
English
First Advisor
R. Thomas Simone
Second Advisor
Anthony Magistrale
Third Advisor
William Mierse
Keywords
post-impressionist, modernism, virginia, woolf, lighthouse, painting
Abstract
Virginia Woolf's "To the Lighthouse" is exemplary of the innovative nature of the modernist aesthetic and the inherent connection that links the literary arts with the visual arts. Her personal life and familial relations - especially with her sister, the painter Vanessa Bell - allowed her to access the world of the visual arts and thus incorporate it strongly into her writing. Through the manipulation of painterly techniques such as value, color, balance, and compositional unity, Woolf's work becomes a painting in itself and pays homage to the ekphrastic nature of all art forms.
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Recommended Citation
Slayton, Jessica M., "Ekphrasis in the Modernist Aesthetic: Virginia Woolf's Use of Painting in "To The Lighthouse" and its Effect on Linguistic Expression" (2014). UVM Honors College Senior Theses. 48.
https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/hcoltheses/48