romanticism typicality
19th century focus on passion vs duty as seen in wuthering heights and Tess of the d’urbervilles
social darwinism
“survival of the fittest” was misapplied to justify class and gender inequality
Boer war and the honourable soldier
British soldiers were idealised despite the brutality of the war, increasing disillusionment with imperialism - trimingham
1950s conservatism and fear of change
post-war Britain resisted social change, clinging to outdated traditions. Hartley warns against romanticising the past
could be argued to resemble a modernist novel
leos narration is fragmented, unreliable and shaped by trauma
what does Leo describe the viscounts as
a race apart, super-adults
quote about losing face
for what causes more wars than the fear of losing face
Leo talking about brandham hall symbolically
to be in tune with all that brandham hall meant, I must increase my stature
Leo talking about his spell
it seemed to enhance my stature
Leo talking about Marian after finding out about her affair
Marian the virgin… how could she have sank so low
Marcus saying Leo has control over trimingham
he’ll eat out of your hand now
Leo saying how he perceived ted
think of him as a working farmer whom nobody thought much of
Marian crash out
I must I’ve got to
Leo icarus
you flew too close to the sun and you got scorched. this cindery creature is what you made me
description of the belladonna
the picture of evil and also the picture of health
Leo scared of being made fun of
the frightful feeling of being marked out for ridicule
Leo spiritual transformation
my spiritual transformation, I was first conscious of my wings
Leo talking about Marian and ted
not bound by the same laws of life as little boys
Leo getting influenced by adults
I wanted to deal in larger sums
Leo talking about the heat, religion
I felt for it what the convert feels for his new religion
Leo talking to ted when bloody hands
I called out, but he did not hear me, for he was so engrossed in reading
Leo stressed
very high pressure in which I had been living
leo talking about ted masculinity
he was what a man ought to be, what I felt I should be when I grew up
trimingham philosophy
nothing is ever a lady’s fault
