Writing the "Luminous Halo": Haecceities and Indeterminacies in To the Lighthouse

Panel: 
Virginia Woolf
Abstract: 

This paper offers a reading of To the Lighthouse as an instantiation of Virginia Woolf’s larger project--to write life as a “luminous halo.” I argue, via the work of Deleuze and Guattari, that this sort of writing ultimately abandons the difficulty of binaries through the use of polyphony and polyvision.

Presenter Information
First Name: 
Michael
Last Name: 
Podolny
Institution: 
University of California, Riverside