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Humans and Materiality
12021-02-24T21:57:36-08:00Sigi Jöttkandt4115726eb75e75e43252a5cbfc72a780d0304d7d309861plain2021-02-24T21:57:36-08:00Sigi Jöttkandt4115726eb75e75e43252a5cbfc72a780d0304d7dWoolf’s To the Lighthouse examines the ways that aggressive social and political events, such as modernity and war, change the dynamic between humans and materiality. The anthropomorphising of furniture in the novel indicates its pivotal role in creating and driving the relationships between the Ramsay family and their guests. Modernity represents the infiltration of man-made things into humanity as humans’ need for socialisation is emphasised. Just like how animals depend on the natural world to survive, humans depend on furniture to build intimacy. Through modernity and war, furniture becomes the natural world for humans, which sustains their need for emotional connections.
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1media/40252550_303629410190276_8252973899159961600_n.jpg2018-09-13T08:34:24-07:00Sigi Jöttkandt4115726eb75e75e43252a5cbfc72a780d0304d7dCLOSE READING23A close reading on the role of furniture in Virginia Woolf's 1927 novel 'To the Lighthouse.'plain2018-10-18T02:03:50-07:00Sigi Jöttkandt4115726eb75e75e43252a5cbfc72a780d0304d7d