[Vwoolf] Woolf Google doodle

[coruscate818]

In that vein:

"Jacob came back only in time to return his books.

"The books were now replaced. A few letters of the alphabet were sprinkled
round the dome. Closely stood together in a ring round the dome were Plato,
Aristotle, Sophocles, and Shakespeare; the literature of Rome, Greece,
China, India, Persia. One leaf of poetry was pressed flat against another
leaf, one burnished letter laid smooth against another in a density of
meaning, a conglomeration of loveliness."

[...]

"The proximity of the omnibuses gave the outside passengers an opportunity
to stare into each other's faces. Yet few took advantage of it. Each had
his own business to think of. Each had his past shut in him like the leaves
of a book known to him by heart; and his friends could only read the title,
James Spalding, or Charles Budgeon, and the passengers going the opposite
way could read nothing at all—save "a man with a red moustache," "a young
man in grey smoking a pipe." The October sunlight rested upon all these men
and women sitting immobile;"





On Jan 25, 2018 12:28 PM, "Brenda S. Helt" <helt0010 at umn.edu> wrote:

It’s also a visual pun, as books have leaves.



Slàinte!



Brenda Helt



Co-editor *Queer Bloomsbury*

https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-queer-bloomsbury.html



Fine artist

http://www.brendahelt.com





*From:* Vwoolf [mailto:vwoolf-bounces at lists.osu.edu] *On Behalf Of *
coruscate818
*Sent:* Thursday, January 25, 2018 9:20 AM
*To:* Toni McNaron
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*Subject:* Re: [Vwoolf] Woolf Google doodle



In addition to *The Years, *falling leaves  also recur in *The Waves, *
especially in connection with Rhoda, e.g.:



"Rhoda, with whom I shared silence when the others spoke, she who hung back
and turned aside when the herd assembled and galloped with orderly, sleek
backs over the rich pastures, has gone now like the desert heat. When the
sun blisters the roofs of the city I think of her; when the dry leaves
patter to the ground; when the old men come with pointed sticks and pierce
little bits of paper as we pierced her--

O western wind, when wilt thou blow,
That the small rain down can rain?"



On Jan 25, 2018 10:49 AM, "Toni McNaron" <mcnar001 at umn.edu> wrote:

I come down on the side of those of us who are delighted to see VW in a
doodle that will be seen, even if for a few seconds, by millions of
people.  As for the doodle itself, I like the color of the leaves and
Virginia's blouse.  It's subtle and haunting as a shade.  Like Diana
Swanson, I also thought about *The Years*, especially one introduction to
an autumn when leaves were being violently blown about by heavy winds.

Toni McNaron


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