H.D.’s Palimpsest and a weaving practice: Weaving as method in literary studies

Jordana   Infeld

doi:10.7577/formakademisk.4182

H.D.’s Palimpsest and a weaving practice

Weaving as method in literary studies

Authors

Jordana Infeld Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia, School of Communication and Creative Arts, Faculty of Arts and Education

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7577/formakademisk.4182

Keywords:

weaving, Palimpsest, time, repetition,, rhythm

Abstract

The relationship between text and textile is ancient and multi-faceted. This paper aims to extend this relationship by placing a weaving practice in dialogue with H.D.’s novel Palimpsest. Weaving has a distinctive relationship with time, and therefore provides fertile ground for thinking through the way time is depicted in literary fiction. Time operates in weaving at various scales and rhythms, and Palimpsest furthers this understanding of time through its own rhythms and invocations of the image of the palimpsest. Drawing on my own weaving practice, my aim is to provide an account of how a craft practice might enable a particular method of reading texts that extends beyond traditional close reading methods.

Author Biography

Jordana Infeld, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia, School of Communication and Creative Arts, Faculty of Arts and Education

PhD candidate

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2021-05-10

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Infeld, J. . . (2021). H.D.’s Palimpsest and a weaving practice: Weaving as method in literary studies. FormAkademisk, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.7577/formakademisk.4182

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Vol. 14 No. 2 (2021): Proceedings of BICCS 2021 - Biennial International Conference for the Craft Sciences. Special Issue

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