Power and The Organization of Space in Virginia Woolf’s The Voyage Out (1915).

Whether exploring the power of interiors in Mrs. Dalloway (1925), or identifying the social and political meanings of space in A Room of One’s Own (1929), Woolf’s writing has always been preoccupied with the nature of spaces and places. More broadly, however, her writing seeks to expose the relationship between material spaces and their imaginative… Read More Power and The Organization of Space in Virginia Woolf’s The Voyage Out (1915).

A Postcolonial Haunting: Lucy (1994) by Jamaica Kincaid and Voyage in the Dark (1934) by Jean Rhys

‘As each day unfolded before me, I could see the sameness in everything; I could see the present take a shape – the shape of my past.’ [1] Jacques Derrida’s insights on spectrality provide an illuminating framework in which to engage with texts concerned with the unresolved histories of colonial oppression. The main concept proposed… Read More A Postcolonial Haunting: Lucy (1994) by Jamaica Kincaid and Voyage in the Dark (1934) by Jean Rhys