Empire and the Woolfs: anti-imperialism in The Village in the Jungle and “Kew Gardens”
Graduation Date
2013
Document Type
Thesis
Program
Other
Program
Thesis (M.A.)--Humboldt State University, English: Literature, 2013
Committee Chair Name
Michael Eldridge
Committee Chair Affiliation
HSU Faculty or Staff
Keywords
British literature, Humboldt State University -- Theses -- English, Woolf, Empire, Modernist aesthetics, Anti-imperialism, Intersectional approach, Virginia, Modernism, Leonard
Abstract
In this project I compare and contrast Leonard Woolf's novel The Village in the Jungle and Virginia Woolf's short story "Kew Gardens," in order to explore how each author describes, defines, and decries British intercontinental imperialism. Troubling the critical consensus regarding the gendered distinctions between the work of Leonard and Virginia Woolf, I will trace how the authors variously exploit and expose Victorian demarcations of gender, sexuality, race, and class to motivate their anti-imperialist critiques.
Recommended Citation
Marsden, Kerry Lynne, "Empire and the Woolfs: anti-imperialism in The Village in the Jungle and “Kew Gardens”" (2013). Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects. 1232.
https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/etd/1232
https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/concern/theses/k0698994z