Fragments and Military: Reading Trauma and Family in Virginia Woolf's Jacob's Room, Three Guineas, and Mrs. Dalloway

Abstract

Woolf’s modernist works, Three Guineas (TG), Jacob's Room (JR), and Mrs. Dalloway (MD), show a range of emotions and portrayals of the military experience. Jacob’s family in JR, Woolf's critical take on solutions to war in TG, and PTSD and suicide in MD show the range of effects of military

Presenter Biography
Marissa Hamilton received a BA in English at Indiana University and MA from University of Illinois Chicago. She grew up as a military kid, has a twin brother, and her parents have a farm in Southern Indiana. She currently lives in Chicago and her hobbies include writing at Starbucks, enjoying the Chicago parks, and painting. Her areas of study include Modernism; Harlem Renaissance; Poetry; Representations of inner contemplations, identity, and nature; Black Studies; Culture and music studies