The Visual Novel

The Visual Novel situates the work of Christine Brooke-Rose, Ann Quin and Brigid Brophy in relation to developments in the visual arts. Focusing on four forms recurring in the novels of these authors – frames, circuits, flesh and crossings – it outlines a trend of increasing visuality throughout the 1960s and 70s as Brooke-Rose, Quin and Brophy began to pose questions about literary and social forms, and the possible relationships between the two. With questions of form coming back into critical