http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/to-the-lighthouse Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Thu, 04 Jun 2026 02:28:35 -0400 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 02:28:35 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/902/depending-on-distance-mrs-ramsay-as-artist-and-inspiration-in-virginia-woolfs-to-the-lighthouse By Ben Beach - Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse is a novel of artists and within its pages appear two characters who are clearly labeled as such. One artist is Augustus Carmichael, the poet who spends his days reclining on the lawn. We are told that his work meets with success after the war: “He was growing old...he was growing famous” (Woolf, 1927/2005, p. 197). Beyond that we know little about him save the few thoughts by other characters about him. The other labeled artist is Lily Briscoe, who spends nearly the entire book either painting or thinking about her painting. Everything in her... Mon, 09 Jun 2014 01:09 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/902/depending-on-distance-mrs-ramsay-as-artist-and-inspiration-in-virginia-woolfs-to-the-lighthouse http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/153/virginia-woolf-on-the-role-of-the-artist-in-the-modern-world By Natasha L. Richter - Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse follows the development of the painter, Lily Briscoe, as she strives to create a meaningful space for her artwork in an increasingly critical and unkind world.  Woolf’s stylistic devices, especially those employed in the segment, “Time Passes,” reveal her thoughts on modernity and on pursuing life as an artist in the modern world.  In “Time Passes,” Woolf breaks from her traditional literary form to forge a new consciousness for society and introduces the typographical device of the square bracket to write from the... Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:36 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/153/virginia-woolf-on-the-role-of-the-artist-in-the-modern-world