England Am I? Elizabethan Clothing, Gender, and Crisis in Virginia Woolf’s “Between the Acts”

In her final novel, Between the Acts, Virginia Woolf placed the self within a national, historical narrative. The novel is rich with the anti-fascist agenda of Three Guineas, told through the lens of women’s stories and, significantly, their historical clothing. Specifically, Woolf used Elizabethan...

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Autor principal:	Sarah Bochicchio
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Publicado:	Yale University 2021
Materias:	virginia woolf between the acts Fine Arts N Arts in general NX1-820
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:abd109759acf46d3a107eaf2f1b20cb72021-12-01T10:49:19ZEngland Am I? Elizabethan Clothing, Gender, and Crisis in Virginia Woolf’s “Between the Acts”10.17658/issn.2058-5462/issue-21/sbochicchio2058-5462https://doaj.org/article/abd109759acf46d3a107eaf2f1b20cb72021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://britishartstudies.ac.uk/issues/issue-index/issue-21/elizabethan-clothing-gender-and-crisis-in-woolfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2058-5462In her final novel, Between the Acts, Virginia Woolf placed the self within a national, historical narrative. The novel is rich with the anti-fascist agenda of Three Guineas, told through the lens of women’s stories and, significantly, their historical clothing. Specifically, Woolf used Elizabethan costume to reflect on the role of dress in women’s lives. This article considers why Virginia Woolf selected the Elizabethan era as a sartorial and psychological alternative to her present. In a study of both sixteenth- and twentieth-century dress, this article explores how the Renaissance may have posed a more malleable, self-assertive antidote to the pressures of modern fashion—and the systems it upheld.Sarah BochicchioYale Universityarticlevirginia woolfbetween the actsFine ArtsNArts in generalNX1-820ENBritish Art Studies, Iss 21 (2021)
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description	In her final novel, Between the Acts, Virginia Woolf placed the self within a national, historical narrative. The novel is rich with the anti-fascist agenda of Three Guineas, told through the lens of women’s stories and, significantly, their historical clothing. Specifically, Woolf used Elizabethan costume to reflect on the role of dress in women’s lives. This article considers why Virginia Woolf selected the Elizabethan era as a sartorial and psychological alternative to her present. In a study of both sixteenth- and twentieth-century dress, this article explores how the Renaissance may have posed a more malleable, self-assertive antidote to the pressures of modern fashion—and the systems it upheld.
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England Am I? Elizabethan Clothing, Gender, and Crisis in Virginia Woolf’s “Between the Acts”

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