Title: The visual arts, pictorialism, and the novel : James, Lawrence, and Woolf /
Authors: Torgovnick, Marianna, 1949-
Publisher: Princeton University Press,
Year: 1985
Subjects: James, Henry, Knowledge Art.; Lawrence, D. H. Knowledge Art.; Woolf, Virginia, Knowledge Art.; English fiction History and criticism; Art and literature Great Britain.; Art in literature.; Ut pictura poesis (Aesthetics); Art and literature Great Britain History; Description (Rhetoric) History; Visual perception in literature.
Contents: In the documentary mode: James, Lawrence, Woolf, and the visual arts -- Paintbrushes, chisels, and red herrings: decorative uses of the visual arts and pictorialism in selected novels by James and earlier novelists -- The sisters' arts: Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell -- Art, ideologies, and ideals in fiction: the contrasting cases of Virginia Woolf and D.H. Lawrence -- Perception, impression, and knowledge in The portrait of a lady, The ambassadors, and The golden bowl -- Encoding the taboo in Women in love.