著者

村松 加代子

出版者

跡見学園女子大学

雑誌

跡見学園女子大学文学部紀要 (ISSN:13481444)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.42, no.2, pp.A37-A50, 2009-03-15

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This paper has two aims: one is to examine the significance of the two well-known artist colonies whose central members were Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) and Julia Margaret Cameron(1815-78). Both women are, first and foremost, famous for their innovative ideas in their respective fields of art, namely, literature and photography, and have frequently been referred to in the discussion of "modernism" in art scene.As Julia Margaret's great-niece, Virginia naturally developed an interest in, and an affinity with, her remarkable ancestor though Julia had been dead for four years when Virginia was born. We can see Virginia's affectionate interest in Julia, in the form of her two works,Freshwater: A Comedy with her great-aunt as its heroine, and Victorian Photography of Famous Men and Fair Women by Julia Margaret Cameron which Virginia compiled with Introduction by herself and her art critic friend Roger Fry.The other aim of this paper is to clarify the national identity of the British people by shedding light on "salon culture" (my words) which flourlished through the 18th and 19th centuries and is still found in different contexts of British social scene.世界は、自我が主人公のドラマである。―サンターヤナ強い個性が満ち溢れている時代や地域には、奇人が大勢いる。いま、そうした人間がほとんど見られないのは、われわれの時代が大きな危機を迎えていることを示している。― J. S. ミル