Virginia Woolf & the Ontology of the Swerve

Author

Brandon Borcoman, CUNY City CollegeFollow

Date of Award

2024

Document Type

Thesis

Department

English

First Advisor

Harold Veeser

Second Advisor

Václav Paris

Keywords

Virginia Woolf, Lucretius, Gilles Deleuze, Michel Serres, the swerve, clinamen

Abstract

This paper attempts to show how Lucretius' ontology of the swerve, or clinamen, influenced Virginia Woolf's writing. By using Gilles Deleuze, Michel Serres and likeminded theorists, the idea is to not only explicate Lucretian thought, but to also succinctly incorporate it into the Woolfian oeuvre.

Recommended Citation

Borcoman, Brandon, "Virginia Woolf & the Ontology of the Swerve" (2024). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cc_etds_theses/1221