The phantom table : Woolf, Fry, Russell, and epistemology of modernism / Ann Banfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Banfield, Ann.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941--Philosophy.

Woolf, Virginia.

Moore, G. E. (George Edward), 1873-1958--Influence.

Moore, G. E.

Fry, Roger, 1866-1934--Influence.

Fry, Roger.

Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970--Influence.

Russell, Bertrand.

Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970.

Fry, Roger, 1866-1934.

Moore, G. E. (George Edward), 1873-1958.

Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941.

Modernism (Literature)--Great Britain.

Modernism (Literature).

Philosophy.

Great Britain.

Knowledge, Theory of, in literature.

Cambridge Apostles (Society).

Philosophy in literature.

Reality in literature.

Aesthetics, British.

Bloomsbury group.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Physical Description:

xviii, 433 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Summary:

This text is an account of Woolf's engagement with the esteemed trinity of thinkers - Moore, Russell and Fry. It revises the epistemology of modernism, reconceiving the relationship between realism and formalism.

Contents:

1 Introduction: table talk 1

Part I Subject and Object and the Nature of Reality

2 The geometry in the sensible world: Russell's analysis of matter 59

3 The world seen without a self: Woolf's analysis of matter 108

4 Solus ipse, alone in the universe 159

5 The dualism of death 213

Part II Principia Aesthetica

6 Fry's granite and rainbow: post-impressionism and impressionism 245

7 How describe the world seen without a self? 294

8 The modern elegy 358.

Notes:

"Paperback re-issue"--Page [4] Cover.

"This digitally printed first paperback version 2006"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-426) and index.

ISBN:

9780521034036

0521034035

OCLC:

668410272

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