Date of Award
Spring 5-7-2022
Document Type
Honors Project
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
English and Linguistics
Department Chair or Program Director
Richards, Gary
First Advisor
Kate Haffey
Major or Concentration
English
Abstract
The Bloomsbury Group was known for unconventionality, both in their lives and in their writing. This holds especially true for E.M. Forster and Virginia Woolf, whose novels uniquely depict queer relationships as an alternative to traditional, rigid, heterosexual marriages. This paper looks at Clarissa and Richard from Mrs. Dalloway, Margaret and Henry from Howards End, and Maurice and Alec from Maurice and how each of these couples subvert the societal conventions of the Victorian era in different ways. A close reading of these texts and characters allows for a nuanced understanding of Woolf and Forster’s revolutionary visions and demonstrates how these works are still relevant in today’s society.
Recommended Citation
Hatton, Lindsey, "“The Battle Against Sameness”: Queer Marriages in Forster and Woolf" (2022). Student Research Submissions. 462.
https://scholar.umw.edu/student_research/462