ENG140Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Post-Impressionism
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In literature, usually signifies something in addition to the symbol. Cultural symbol : signal, hope, guidance, safety. I meant nothing by the lighthouse generalized way. woolf to roger fry. Now, she said, artists had come here and pink women on the beach. Tried to convey artist"s impression of the landscape. By the time of the novel, impressionism was too common. [these artists] say in effect to the impressionists . What they tried to do on the canvas is like what woolf tried to do in her novel. Woolf"s novel does not explain thing, but suggests. Lily"s painting exists in the reader"s imagination. What was it thenby heart the way ofmrs. ramsay would return the tears ran down her face. Lily about her painting: beautifulnot dislodge with a team of horses. She wants what woolf wants for her novel. She paints mrs. ramsay instead of the sea.
