(In)sane Dissolution of Illusion: Trauma, Boundary, and Recovery in Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway

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dc.contributor.advisorFinley, C. Stephen
dc.contributor.authorMcDonald, Jessica J.
dc.date.accessioned2007-02-28T20:24:59Z
dc.date.available2007-02-28T20:24:59Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractUsing Freudian psychoanalysis and trauma theory to read Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway as a text of recovery battling the trauma of the Great War, this essay examines Woolf's characterization of Septimus as a victim of shell-shock and his liminal position within society. Figuring prominently in this analysis are the shifting of temporalities and the elimination of boundaries, ultimately allowing the simultaneous blurring and juxtaposition of Septimus and Clarissa to create a collective testament to the egregious error of presumed immunity to war.
dc.description.sponsorshipHaverford College. Department of English
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10066/637
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rights.accessOpen Access
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/
dc.subject.lcshWar in literature
dc.subject.lcshWoolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 -- Criticism and interpretation
dc.subject.lcshWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Literature and the war
dc.subject.lcshWoolf, Virginia, 1882-1941. Mrs. Dalloway
dc.title(In)sane Dissolution of Illusion: Trauma, Boundary, and Recovery in Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway
dc.typeThesis
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