[Vwoolf] south sea islanders

Georgia Johnston johnstgk at slu.edu
Tue Nov 27 07:09:02 EST 2012


A great article on the dress-up parties:
Ito, Yuko.  “The Exoticised Space in Virginia Woolf’s Parties and the
‘Dreadnought Hoax.’  Chubu International Review 2 (April 2007):  9-34.

all the best,
Georgia

On 11/26/12, Jane Marie Garrity <jane.garrity at colorado.edu> wrote:
> Hi Anne,
> The reference appears at the end of "Old Bloomsbury," one of the
> autobiographical pieces published in _Moments of Being_. I am looking at the
> 1985 Harcourt edition and it is on pp. 200-201. Here's the relevant blurb:
>
> "The Post-Impressionist movement had cast--not its shadow--but its bunch of
> variegated lights upon us. We bought poinsettias made of scarlet plush; we
> made dresses of the printed cotton that is specially loved by negroes; we
> dressed ourselves up as Gauguin pictures and careered round Crosby Hall.
> Mrs. Whitehead was scandalized. She said that Vanessa and I were practically
> naked."
>
> Good luck with your project--it sounds great!
> Jane
>
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>
> Jane Garrity
> Associate Professor of English
> University of Colorado at Boulder
> 226 UCB
> Boulder, CO 80309-0226
> Jane.Garrity at Colorado.Edu
>
>
>
>
> On Nov 26, 2012, at 8:26 PM, Anne Collett wrote:
>
>> Can anyone tell me where I can find reference to the Stephen sisters
>> attending a party dressed up as south sea islanders? I recall reading it
>> somewhere (perhaps in a letter) but now can’t find any trace of it…  I
>> want to use it in an essay on ‘Imagining the Pacific: Modernist Women
>> Artists’. Anne Collett
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