A studio of one's own
Subtitle: fictional women painters and the art of fiction
By: Roberta White.
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Madison [N.J.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
Subjects: English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Art and literature -- English-speaking countries; English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Women and literature -- English-speaking countries; American fiction -- History and criticism; Canadian fiction -- History and criticism; Women artists in literature; Painters in literature; Painting in literature
Description: "A Studio of One's Own: Fictional Women Painters and the Art of Fiction is a critical study of the portrayal of women artists in nineteenth- and twentieth-century novels in English, including British, American, Irish, and Canadian women writers. This book traces the gradual progression from amateur parlor painters in the novels of Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, and others, to the serious professional painters depicted by contemporary writers such as Margaret Atwood, Mary Gordon, and A.S. Byatt. In fiction as in history, the woman artist's working space enlarges through time - by uneven steps - from a portfolio in a cupboard to a studio or atelier where work may be completed and prepared for sale or exhibition.

This working space is a measure of the claim that the artist makes upon the world."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-254) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Unfinished work : the dialogue of the novelist and the painter; title: Opening the portfolio : Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Anne Brontë, and Elizabeth Stuart Phelps; title: The painterly eye : Kate Chopin's The awakening; title: Journey to the silent kingdom : Virginia Woolf's To the lighthouse; title: Figure and ground : the portrait painter in Iris Murdoch and Anna Banti; title: Painters of the Irish coast : Jennifer Johnston and Deirdre Madden; title: Northern light : Margaret Atwood's Cat's eye; title: Drawn from life : Jill Paton Walsh's The serpentine cave; title: Space, time, and a muse : Mary Gordon's Spending; title: Servants, housewives, artists : A.S. Byatt, Tracy Chevalier, Carol Shields, and Kyoko Mori.