Who Speaks First? Class and Audibility in the Opening Line of Mrs Dalloway 2 April 2026 Dr Rhonda Mayne, Independent Scholar Virginia Woolf’s novel Mrs Dalloway (1925) opens with the now-canonical sentence: ‘Mrs Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself’.[1] The lin…

Delighted to have my article published in The Modernist Review. It explores how the opening line of Mrs Dalloway distributes voices in ways that make social class audible.

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Woolf on reading: “one book is only a single unaccompanied note, and to get the full sound, one needs ten others.”

Curious how others approach this in practice. Many at once, or one by one?

#VirginiaWoolf #ModernistStudies #ReadingHabits

Important development for Woolf studies. The move of Woolf Studies Annual to University Press of Florida raises interesting questions about its future direction and circulation. #VirginiaWoolf
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For those interested in sharing their journey after doctoral submissions, please see below!

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Abstract Deadline: 13th March

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Promotional graphic for Nariman Skakov's Reorientalism: From Avant-Garde to Soviet National Form. It includes the book's cover, a blurb, and a a 20% discount with code CUP20SM at cup.columbia.edu.

Now available! In REORIENTALISM, Nariman Skakov offers a new way to understand Soviet modernism, showing how writers and artists looked to the East to renew avant-garde experimentalism under Stalin. buff.ly/XrimtKo #Literature #ModernistStudies

Promotional graphic for Shir Alon's Static Forms: Writing the Present in the Modern Middle East It includes the book's cover, a blurb, and a a 20% discount with code CUP20SM at cup.columbia.edu.

Now available! STATIC FORMS develops a new theory of the emergence of modernist literary forms through a series of parallel readings of Arabic and Hebrew prose.https://buff.ly/9BkwJAb #MiddleEast #Literature #ModernistStudies

Congratulations to Amr Kamal on being shortlisted for the 2025 First Book Prize from the Modernist Studies Association for EMPORIALISM: DEPARTMENT STORE FICTIONS AND THE POLITICS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN!

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Book title Drafty Houses in Forster, Eliot, and Woolf.

I've rarely had reason to do year-end pub lists, but this year I published my first monograph which was a decade in the making.
It's about mainstream British modernists and how they conceived of pub+private spaces.
It's also about how we make intellectual space in classes and in #moderniststudies

SAt War: The Avant-Garde and Modernism in Times of Conflict The editors of the book series, European Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies, calls for contributions to the ninth volume, to be published in the series European Avant-garde and Modernism Studies published by De Gruyter. [https://www.degruyter.com/serial/eam-b/html] Deadline for abstracts, 15 November 2024 sent to EAMvolume9@gmail.com

CfP: At War: The Avant-Garde and Modernism in Times of Conflict #modernism #avantgarde #moderniststudies #callforpapers

I’m putting together a module on modernism and avant-garde film! 🎞️ if anyone has any recommendations for texts or films, I’d love to hear them 🤍 #moderniststudies

We've been known for our Monday #ModWrite on the site formerly known as Twitter - would that be something Bluesky modernists would like to see here too? #ModernistStudies #Modernism

The Circle in the Square, Postcard c.1908, 28 Leicester Square, London - Leicester Square's first cinema.
Source: picturegoing.com?p=165 #film #cinema #modernism #avantgarde #moderniststudies #modernistcinema

'Man … His Universe' by Ronald Moody, 1969.

#art #sculpture #modernism #moderniststudies #lit #ronaldmoody

'Esther Lahr' by William Roberts, 1925.

#modernism #art #avantgarde #moderniststudies #portrait #painting

'The Rapture' by Dorothea Tanning, 1944.

#modernism #dorotheatanning #artwork #moderniststudies #art #lit

Charlotte Arthur and Bryher in 'Borderline', 1930.

To hear more about the group that created this film, listen to our first episode 🌊 open.spotify.com/episode/2JP4... #modernism #film #cinema #moderniststudies #lit #modernistlit #borderline

'The Bauhaus Staircase' by Oskar Schlemmer, 1932.

#modernism #bauhaus #moderniststudies #art #artwork #oskarsclemmer

'Party on the Roof' by Bumpei Usui, 1926.

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'To Brooklyn Bridge' by Hart Crane, 1930.

#modernism #brooklynbridge #hartcrane #moderniststudies #poetry #lit

Photo source: Bolton Museum’s Humphrey Spender Worktown Collection. Archival photograph of a darts board, a hanging clock, and price list for ale.

Does time pass differently when you're in the pub? Listen to our latest episode with guest Simon Prince to hear all about modernity's changing temporal rhythms, community, Bolton, and beer 🍻⏳ #modernism #moderniststudies #modwrite open.spotify.com/episode/34TY...

Free pdf of my book, cause Palgrave pays me jack, so download it to your heart’s content.
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Bratton's Stronger than Death beside a cappuccino and houseplant on a wooden tabletop

Really enjoying Francesca Bratton's beautifully written Stronger than Death: Hart Crane's Last Year in Mexico! Reflecting a lot on life-writing, negotiating fragments, & modernist archives.

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British Association for Modernist Studies - Website Designed and Developed by Callum Leith Welcome to the website for the British Association for Modernist Studies. Founded in 2010, the Association promotes the study of modernism, broadly conceived. Many of our members are based in English ...

Our first post! As you can see, the British Association for Modernist Studies is now on Bluesky! Do give us a follow to stay in touch and check out our website for more information about our work: bams.ac.uk #ModernistStudies #Modernism