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Georgia State University

Theses/Dissertations

2009

Aesthetics

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Modernist Aesthetics Of "Home" In Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway And Rebecca West's The Return Of The Soldier, James Harper Strom Nov 2009

Modernist Aesthetics Of "Home" In Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway And Rebecca West's The Return Of The Soldier, James Harper Strom

English Theses

The First World War wrought untold destruction on the physical and psychological landscape of Europe. For Britain, the immediate post-war period represented no less than a national “nostos,” or homecoming, and few social institutions were so fragmented by the conflict as the home. This thesis will explore the various conceptions of “home,” from the nation and the domestic sphere to post-war consciousness, through the lens of Virginia Woolf’s "Mrs. Dalloway" and Rebecca West’s "The Return of the Soldier." Though unique in style and scope, Woolf and West interrogate and revise pre-war notions of “home” and suggest a Modernist aesthetic of …


Consumer Goods?, Matt Sigmon Apr 2009

Consumer Goods?, Matt Sigmon

Art and Design Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to extrapolate through research the conceptual underpinnings of a body of artwork created by Matt Sigmon. The thesis explains the work in relation to art historical references to readymade art and the dilemmas that arise when fine art is compared to consumer commodities.