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Isabel Rolfe

Doctoral Student in Literature - Isabel’s thesis is entitled 'Reading Interiority and Narrative Spatiality in Modernist Women’s Writings'.

Research Project Title:

Reading Interiority and Narrative Spatiality in Modernist Women’s Writings

 

Supervisors:

Dr Fionnghuala Sweeney + Dr Alex Niven

 

Contact Details:

Email: i.rolfe2@newcastle.ac.uk 

 

Research Interests:

  • Decadence
  • Modernism
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Feminism
  • The occult
  • Literary consciousness
  • Spatiality

Brief Outline of Research Project:

This project posits the existence of a collective feminine unconscious, exploring the occult as a medium through which to create revenge fiction. It explores the intertwined origins of psychoanalysis with the occult, and centres overlooked female voices, tracing this idea throughout decadence and modernism.

Research Activities:

Academic Background:

  • MSc Literature and Modernity: 1900 to the Present, University of Edinburgh
  • BA (Hons) English Literature, University of Surrey