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The Impetus of Non-Living Entities: A comment
12021-04-25T17:46:47-07:00Sigi Jöttkandt4115726eb75e75e43252a5cbfc72a780d0304d7d309863A Comment On: CLOSE READING: Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse (1927)plain2021-04-26T05:54:40-07:00Sigi Jöttkandt4115726eb75e75e43252a5cbfc72a780d0304d7dThe idea that material objects such as furniture can alter humanity’s place in the ecological world is an interesting one. In part II of To the Lighthouse, the narration takes a fascinating turn. As Anne Carson writes in her essay, ‘Every Exit is an Entrance’, “Virginia Woolf’s main narrative [becomes] a catalogue of silent bedrooms, motionless chest of drawers, apples left on the dining room table, the wind prying at a window blind, moonlight gliding on floorboards.” Human action is relegated to short blips at the end of sections, contained within square brackets. In this format, the non-living material objects of the house take on a greater impetus than the living human characters. The ability to affect is transferred from human beings to non-living entities, and moreover, the affected party has become humanity.
Works Cited Carson, Anne. “Every Exit is an Entrance.”Decreation, Vintage, 2005, pp. 19-40.
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1media/40252550_303629410190276_8252973899159961600_n.jpg2018-09-13T08:34:24-07:00Sigi Jöttkandt4115726eb75e75e43252a5cbfc72a780d0304d7dCLOSE READING23A close reading on the role of furniture in Virginia Woolf's 1927 novel 'To the Lighthouse.'plain2018-10-18T02:03:50-07:00Sigi Jöttkandt4115726eb75e75e43252a5cbfc72a780d0304d7d