Contact details
- Name:
- Dr Angharad Mountford
- Qualifications:
- BA, MA
- Position:
- Research student (completed)
- Institute:
- Institute of Modern Languages Research
- Location:
- Institute of Modern Languages Research University of London Senate House Malet Street London WC1E 7HU
- Email address:
- angharad.mountford@postgrad.sas.ac.uk
- Studies:
- Graduate (2020)
- Publication Details
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Related publications/articles:
Date Details 27-Apr-2020 'All the leaves have lost their trees': the Kindertransport as an experience of uprooting in the poetry of Gerda Mayer Journal articles
Jewish Historical Studies, vol. 55 (1), pp. 221-31
- Research Projects & Supervisions
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- PhD Topic:
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German-speaking Women Writers Exiled in Britain
I am exploring the sense of identity and Heimat in the personal lives and artistic output of six German-speaking women who, whether out of choice or necessity, emigrated to Britain after 1933. I have chosen four writers to focus on, all hailing from different parts of the German-speaking world, and all with very different approaches to representing their idea of home through their creative work.
I am currently researching: Gerda Mayer, Gabriele Tergit, Eva Priester and Ruth Feiner. Through use of Heimat theory, Edward Said's writings on exile, translingualism and nomadism, I seek to discover the varying concepts of Heimat and self among these women.
- Supervisor:
- Dr Godela Weiss-Sussex, Professor Charmian Brinson
- Research interests:
- Language and Literature (German), Literatures in a modern language
- Regions:
- England, Europe