The Housemaid and the Kitchen Table: Incorporating the Frame in To the Lighthouse

The problem of frame or of judgement in literature is analyzed through an exploration of Virginia Woolf's novel 'To the Lighthouse.' The work exposes the dangers of assuming the universalization of a person's point of view through the act of framing. The novel is partitioned or f...

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Published in:Twentieth century literature 1994-03, Vol.40 (1), p.15-41
Main Author: Handley, William R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aesthetic judgment
Criticism and interpretation
Desire
Family economics
Judgment
Kitchen tables
Maids
Masculinity
Mothers
Navigation lights
Victorians
Women authors
Women writers
Woolf, Virginia
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Summary:The problem of frame or of judgement in literature is analyzed through an exploration of Virginia Woolf's novel 'To the Lighthouse.' The work exposes the dangers of assuming the universalization of a person's point of view through the act of framing. The novel is partitioned or framed into three sections. Each character undergoes the action of framing, separating an icon or symbol from reality and hoping to make it stand independently. The separation of an icon from reality diminishes the object.
ISSN:0041-462X
2325-8101
DOI:10.2307/441549