"But why was I bored?" : Virginia Woolf's treatment of boredom

• Main Author: Akankasha Dewan
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/58919
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Woolf’s identification of a “boredom” with the introduction of a new order in modernist literature is particularly perceptive considering the nature of the literary epoch from which she was writing. Defined as an experience that eludes the individual’s ineffable desires, boredom is a fundamental moo...