1st Edition

The Artist-Figure, Society, and Sexuality in Virginia Woolf's Novels

By Ann Ronchetti Copyright 2004
    232 Pages
    by Routledge

    232 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book explores the relationship between aesthetic productivity and artists' degree of involvement in social and sexual life as depicted in Virginia Woolf's novels. Ann Ronchetti locates the sources of Woolf's lifelong preoccupation with the artist's relationship to society in her family heritage, her exposure to Walter Pater and the aesthetic movement, and the philosophical and aesthetic interests of the Bloomsbury group.

    Introduction Chapter One: The Voyage Out Chapter Two: Night and Day Chapter Three: Jacob's Room Chapter Four: To the Lighthouse Chapter Five: Orlando Chapter Six: The Waves Chapter Seven: The Years Chapter Eight: Between the Acts Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

    Biography

    Ann Ronchetti received her Ph.D. in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a bibliographer for English, French, and Italian languages and literatures and the performing arts at the University of Pittsburgh's Hillman Library.