List of plates
Introduction Thinking Colour-Writing
Part One Objects and Affects: Mallarmé’s MonochromesColour CultureRed Bricks and Yellow ThoughtsMaking Modern, Moving ColourDisplacements of BlackMigrations of BlueWhite (Im)materialConclusion
Part Two Matter, Metaphor, Metamorphosis: Valéry’s Intermittent ColourValéry, Vanguard and Rear-guard‘Carroty-Red Bits of Fibre’ and a Pink-Bristled ToothbrushThinking Art and Writing ColourResisting and Revealing ColourSense and Sensuousness: Seascape and LandscapeEkphrasis: Figure and FruitChiaroscuro Modulations Conclusion
Part Three Emblematic Chromatics and the Colour of Ethics: Yves Bonnefoy’s Lessons in Things The Dereliction of ColourThe Equipoise of GreyColour IncarnateUnbiddable Colour: The Ethical TurnActs of AttentionEthics and EkphrasticsInterrupted WhiteThe Curve of ColourConclusion
Conclusion: Colour Moving Forward
Bibliography
Index