Sculpture and Silence: Laura Riding and her Female Contemporaries
Lead Research Organisation:
Queen's University Belfast
Department Name: Sch of Arts, English and Languages
Abstract
Laura Riding's poetry has been neglected by critics and excluded from the modernist canon. In re-reading Riding I will trace her connections to other writers in modernist periodicals, thereby positioning her within a wider network of her female contemporaries. Building upon my Master's research, which identified Riding and Mina Loy's similarly sculptural approach to poetry, I will interrogate Riding's engagement with sculpture as a silent art form in relation to other transatlantic female modernist poets in early twentieth century Europe. In focusing on visual art and silence, this thesis will offer a vital feminist revision and re-evaluation of Riding's poetic voice.
Organisations
Publications
Isherwood-Wallace E
(2023)
British Library English and Drama Blogpost: "Artists' Books and Fine Press at Small Publisher Fairs"
Isherwood-Wallace E
(2021)
Never-Begotten Perfect Daughters: Laura Riding's and Mina Loy's Steinian Inheritances
in The Robert Graves Review
Description | British Library PhD Placement Scheme: Investigating small publisher fairs across the UK to support collection development for artists' books and fine press |
Amount | £6,459 (GBP) |
Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2022 |
End | 12/2022 |