xi, 243 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Contents
1. Introduction: interrupted moments -- 2. Virginia Woolf: heliotropics, subjectivity and feminism -- 3. The astonishing moment -- 4. The amusing game -- 5. The gathering crowd -- 6. The chasing of the sun and the victory of the colours -- 7. Elegiacs: capsizing light and returning colour -- 8. The death of the sun and the return of the fish -- 9. Post-Impressionism: the explosion of colour -- 10. Romantic to Classic: Post-Impressionist theories from 1910 to 1912 -- 11. The new prismatics: Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell and English Post-Impressionism -- 12. 'Her pictures stand for something': Woolf's forewords to Bell's paintings -- 13. To the Lighthouse: purple triangle and green shawl -- 14. The Waves: purple buttons and white foam -- 15. Conclusion
Notes
Includes index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-230) and index