The Politics of Flush (1933)
Virginia Woolf Season 2024-25: Woolf and Politics
Lecture 2. The Politics of Flush (1933)
A memoir of a pet dog might seem an unlikely place for politics but in fact Woolf’s account of Flush, Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s beloved spaniel, encompasses many political concerns. Although her mode is usually comic, Woolf offers serious scrutiny of the workings of class in both human and canine societies, each obsessed with ‘pedigree’ and ‘breeding’. She uncovers the politics of gender and power at work in families and marriage.
She identifies constant sexual double standards in the workings of the literary establishment. And, perhaps particularly important, in one of Woolf’s most unexpected and rewarding works she presciently raises questions about how human beings manage their relations with the rest of the animal kingdom. For many years one of Woolf’s most overlooked but most satisfying and delightful books, Flush is now receiving the attention it deserves.
Live online lecture and seminar with Alison Hennegan, University of Cambridge
Saturday 12 October 2024
18.00-20.00 British Summer Time
19.00-21.00 Central European Summer Time
Morning/lunchtime in the Americas
£32.00 full price
£27.00 students and CAMcard holders
£27.00 members of the VWSGB
Virginia Woolf Season 2024-25: Woolf and Politics
Lecture 2. The Politics of Flush (1933)
A memoir of a pet dog might seem an unlikely place for politics but in fact Woolf’s account of Flush, Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s beloved spaniel, encompasses many political concerns. Although her mode is usually comic, Woolf offers serious scrutiny of the workings of class in both human and canine societies, each obsessed with ‘pedigree’ and ‘breeding’. She uncovers the politics of gender and power at work in families and marriage.
She identifies constant sexual double standards in the workings of the literary establishment. And, perhaps particularly important, in one of Woolf’s most unexpected and rewarding works she presciently raises questions about how human beings manage their relations with the rest of the animal kingdom. For many years one of Woolf’s most overlooked but most satisfying and delightful books, Flush is now receiving the attention it deserves.
Live online lecture and seminar with Alison Hennegan, University of Cambridge
Saturday 12 October 2024
18.00-20.00 British Summer Time
19.00-21.00 Central European Summer Time
Morning/lunchtime in the Americas
£32.00 full price
£27.00 students and CAMcard holders
£27.00 members of the VWSGB
Virginia Woolf Season 2024-25: Woolf and Politics
Lecture 2. The Politics of Flush (1933)
A memoir of a pet dog might seem an unlikely place for politics but in fact Woolf’s account of Flush, Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s beloved spaniel, encompasses many political concerns. Although her mode is usually comic, Woolf offers serious scrutiny of the workings of class in both human and canine societies, each obsessed with ‘pedigree’ and ‘breeding’. She uncovers the politics of gender and power at work in families and marriage.
She identifies constant sexual double standards in the workings of the literary establishment. And, perhaps particularly important, in one of Woolf’s most unexpected and rewarding works she presciently raises questions about how human beings manage their relations with the rest of the animal kingdom. For many years one of Woolf’s most overlooked but most satisfying and delightful books, Flush is now receiving the attention it deserves.
Live online lecture and seminar with Alison Hennegan, University of Cambridge
Saturday 12 October 2024
18.00-20.00 British Summer Time
19.00-21.00 Central European Summer Time
Morning/lunchtime in the Americas
£32.00 full price
£27.00 students and CAMcard holders
£27.00 members of the VWSGB