DOCSLIB.ORG

The British Public in a Shrinking World: Civic Engagement with the Declining Empire, 1960-1970

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
The British Public in a Shrinking World: Civic Engagement with the Declining Empire, 1960-1970 The British Public in a Shrinking World: Civic Engagement with the Declining Empire, 1960-1970 Anna Bocking Welch PhD University of York Department of History September 2012 Abstract This thesis analyses how the British public‘s interactions with the peoples and places of the empire and Commonwealth changed as a result of decolonization. Its central concern is to determine how issues relating to the empire and its decline became part of everyday ‗local‘ experiences within British associational life between 1960 and 1970. It links a rich scholarly tradition of research on the domestic experience of Britain‘s empire to a new and emerging field of research that seeks to understand the institutional and associational makeup of the interconnected postwar world. Chapter One looks at the activities of the Royal Commonwealth Society to assess the afterlife of empire as it was lived by those who had been the most involved. Chapter Two looks at the international work of the Women‘s Institute in order to consider how groups without a specific Commonwealth remit engaged with the spaces of the declining empire. Chapter Three focuses on an individual enthusiast, Charles Chislett, assessing how the personal experiences of one man might resonate across local networks of sociability and public service. Chapters Four and Five on the United Nations Freedom from Hunger Campaign and Christian Aid consider humanitarian engagements with the decolonizing empire, analysing how international and imperial frameworks overlapped in religious and secular practices of aid and development. Using these case studies, the thesis questions the extent to which the impact of decolonization was necessarily traumatic for the British public by considering alternate, optimistic experiences of international friendship, philanthropy and education taking place within civil society. It argues that we must be wary of overstating the importance of empire and decolonization in the lives of the British public and therefore situates its analysis of civil society firmly within the context of globalization and the sense of living in a ‗shrinking world‘ that characterized many engagements with foreign peoples and places. 3 Table of Contents Abstract ........................................................................................................................ 3 Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................... 7 Author’s Declaration .................................................................................................. 9 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 11 Anecdotes and Associations ................................................................................................... 11 Impact, Imprint and Trauma: the Mark of a Declining Empire .............................................. 17 A Shrinking Empire in a Shrinking World: Issues of Scale in 1960s Britain ......................... 21 ‗Glocality‘: Thinking With and Through the Nation .............................................................. 24 The Spaces and Faces: Methodology and Case Studies.......................................................... 30 Allowing For Complexity ....................................................................................................... 33 Chapter One: ‘Time is running out’: Learning, Lobbying and Lunching in the Royal Commonwealth Society ............................................................................................ 37 The Burden of Empire ............................................................................................................ 37 People Like Us: the Membership of the Society ..................................................................... 41 Coming to Terms with the Commonwealth ............................................................................ 48 Turning Rhetoric into Practice ................................................................................................ 53 Knowledge and Education ...................................................................................................... 54 ‗The Hustle is On‘: The Royal Commonwealth Society in Action ........................................ 67 Interaction and Sociability ...................................................................................................... 72 Pragmatism, Stagnation and Enthusiasm – Some Conclusions .............................................. 78 Chapter Two: ‘Be World Wise with the WIs’: Silence and Empire in the International Work of the British Women’s Institute .................................................................................. 81 More than Just Jam and Jerusalem .......................................................................................... 81 International Activity Within a Shrinking World ................................................................... 86 Global Frameworks and Commonwealth Preoccupations ...................................................... 91 Female Philanthropy: Tracing Imperial Legacies within the WI‘s Post-colonial Benevolence ................................................................................................................................................ 98 Home and Away: The Place of Commonwealth Students .................................................... 102 The Old and the New: Dividing the Commonwealth through Family Discourse ................. 108 The Commonwealth as Commonsense: Understanding the Semantics of Silence ............... 117 Chapter Three: Individual Experience and Community Practice: the Amateur Enthusiast at the End of Empire ......................................................................................................... 121 The Public and Private Lives of Amateurs ........................................................................... 121 Chislett Abroad: National Service, International Networks and Tourism ............................ 126 Cameras in the Community: Virtual Mobility and the Rotherham Public ............................ 152 Conclusion: The Amateur as Ambassador ............................................................................ 169 Chapter Four: The Many Faces of Philanthropy: Britain and the UN Freedom from Hunger Campaign ................................................................................................................. 171 5 The National within the International.................................................................................... 171 Benevolent Britain and the Imperial Tradition ...................................................................... 175 The Overlapping Internationalisms of the Freedom from Hunger Campaign ....................... 192 The Public‘s Part in Development - Conclusion ................................................................... 209 Chapter Five: ‘A Shrinking World and a Secular Age’: Christian Aid, the Parish, and the End of Empire .................................................................................................................. 213 A Secular Age or a Secular Outlook? Reinstating Religion within Histories of Decolonization ............................................................................................................................................... 213 Redefining Christian Britain ................................................................................................. 221 Neighbours in Need: The Geographical Reach of Christian Aid .......................................... 225 ‗The Heroic Age of the Christian Missions is Over‘: Redefining Church Aid ..................... 230 Christian Conscience, the Commonwealth and Postcolonial Critique .................................. 234 ‗The Curate‘s Egg‘: Judging the Impact of Christian Aid in the Parish ................................ 241 Conclusion: Humdrum Internationalism ............................................................................... 255 Conclusion: Decolonization, Globalization and Social Responsibility .................................... 257 Time Well Spent: Virtuousness and the End of Empire ........................................................ 257 Visions of the Future in Associational Life: The Distinctiveness of the 1960s .................... 260 Colours and Palettes .............................................................................................................. 263 Glossary .................................................................................................................... 265 List of Commonly Used Abbreviations ................................................................................. 265 Bibliography ............................................................................................................ 266 Primary Sources .................................................................................................................... 266 Secondary Sources ................................................................................................................ 272 6 Acknowledgements I am grateful to the many people who have made this thesis possible. First I would like to thank the Arts and Humanities Research Council who funded this project and the World Universities Network who funded the two months I spent at the University of Washington, Seattle. Second, I am thankful to the staff
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Downloads/3%20Papers%20From%20The%20 Launch%20Of%20Religious%20Literacy.Pdf , Last Accessed 26Th Feb 2017
    City Research Online City, University of London Institutional Repository Citation: Finlow, P. C. (2017). An investigation into the role of religion in the origins, strategic development and internationalisation processes of international non-governmental organisations. (Unpublished Doctoral thesis, City, Universtiy of London) This is the accepted version of the paper. This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. Permanent repository link: https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/19850/ Link to published version: Copyright: City Research Online aims to make research outputs of City, University of London available to a wider audience. Copyright and Moral Rights remain with the author(s) and/or copyright holders. URLs from City Research Online may be freely distributed and linked to. Reuse: Copies of full items can be used for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-profit purposes without prior permission or charge. Provided that the authors, title and full bibliographic details are credited, a hyperlink and/or URL is given for the original metadata page and the content is not changed in any way. City Research Online: http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/ [email protected] City University Department of International Politics An Investigation into the Role of Religion in the Origins, Strategic Development and Internationalisation Processes of International Non-Governmental Organisations by Patricia Claire Finlow MA (City University Feb 2007) A thesis submitted to City University, London in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of International Politics Submitted February 2017 Page 1 Table of Contents Acknowledgements .................................................................................................. 5 Abstract .................................................................................................................... 6 Part One: Background, Research Design and Theoretical Framework ........................
    [Show full text]
  • An Observance for Commonwealth Day 2015
    An Observance for Commonwealth Day 2015 In the presence of Her Majesty The Queen His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge Monday 9th March 2015 at 3.15 pm A Young Commonwealth The Commonwealth theme for 2015 The Abbey is served by a hearing loop. Users should turn their hearing aids to the setting marked T. Members of the congregation are kindly requested to refrain from using private cameras, video, or sound-recording equipment. Please ensure that mobile phones, pagers, and other electronic devices are switched off. It is my great pleasure, as Chairman of the Council of Commonwealth Societies, to welcome you to this very special event. In a deeply disturbed and uneasy world, the Commonwealth family assembles once again at Westminster Abbey to celebrate and give thanks for our unity, friendship, shared purpose and values. With half of the Commonwealth’s peoples being under twenty-five, this is the family and the network in which tomorrow meets today, in which the aspiring young who are the future come together with those who have built the past and the present. Today there are forces and trends at work more powerful than any single government that are binding together the young people of all Commonwealth countries as never before—and in ways which would have astounded their forbears. A new kind of Commonwealth is emerging. Instantaneous contact, and constant and open communication unite schoolchildren and students, professional people of all kinds, sportsmen and women in every field, entrepreneurs, ideas and investors, artists and authors, faiths and friends in a daily conversation and worldwide association the like of which exists nowhere else.
    [Show full text]
  • 2017 Magdalen College Record
    Magdalen College Record Magdalen College Record 2017 2017 Conference Facilities at Magdalen¢ We are delighted that many members come back to Magdalen for their wedding (exclusive to members), celebration dinner or to hold a conference. We play host to associations and organizations as well as commercial conferences, whilst also accommodating summer schools. The Grove Auditorium seats 160 and has full (HD) projection fa- cilities, and events are supported by our audio-visual technician. We also cater for a similar number in Hall for meals and special banquets. The New Room is available throughout the year for private dining for The cover photograph a minimum of 20, and maximum of 44. was taken by Marcin Sliwa Catherine Hughes or Penny Johnson would be pleased to discuss your requirements, available dates and charges. Please contact the Conference and Accommodation Office at [email protected] Further information is also available at www.magd.ox.ac.uk/conferences For general enquiries on Alumni Events, please contact the Devel- opment Office at [email protected] Magdalen College Record 2017 he Magdalen College Record is published annually, and is circu- Tlated to all members of the College, past and present. If your contact details have changed, please let us know either by writ- ing to the Development Office, Magdalen College, Oxford, OX1 4AU, or by emailing [email protected] General correspondence concerning the Record should be sent to the Editor, Magdalen College Record, Magdalen College, Ox- ford, OX1 4AU, or, preferably, by email to [email protected].
    [Show full text]
  • QU-Alumni Review 2019-3.Pdf
    Issue 3, 2019 THE MAGAZINE OF QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY Queen’s SINCE 1927 ALUMNI REVIEW How to Rembrandtlook at a like a conservator and why Heidi Sobol, MAC’00, always starts with the nose In this issue … How Queen’s Chemistry is changing the world Plus … Meet the football coach 4 years to earn your degree. #"""""! !! • Program runs May-August • Earn credits toward an MBA • Designedforrecent graduates "" • Broaden your career prospects • "" " "" ""! 855.933.3298 [email protected] smithqueens.com/gdb "" "" contents Issue 3, 2019, Volume 93, Number 3 Queen’s The magazine of Queen’s University since 1927 queensu.ca/alumnireview ALUMNI REVIEW 2 From the editor 7 From the principal 8 Student research: Pharmacare in Canada 24 Victor Snieckus: The magic of chemistry 29 Matthias Hermann: 10 15 The elements of EM HARM EM TINA WELTZ WELTZ TINA education COVER STORY Inspired by How to look at a Rembrandt 36 Rembrandt Keeping in touch like a conservator Poet Steven Heighton (Artsci’85, Heidi Sobol, mac’00, explores the techniques – ma’86) and artist Em Harm take 46 and the chemistry – behind the masterpieces. inspiration from a new addition The Chemistry medal to The Bader Collection. 48 Your global alumni network 50 Ex libris: New books from faculty and alumni ON THE COVER Heidi Sobol at the Royal Ontario Museum’s exhibition “In the Age of Rembrandt: Dutch Paintings from the 20 33 Museum of Fine Arts, BERNARD CLARK CLARK BERNARD BERNARD CLARK CLARK BERNARD Boston” PHOTO BY TINA WELTZ Pushing the boundaries Meet the coach of science New football coach Steve Snyder discusses his coaching style and the Dr.
    [Show full text]
  • ABSTRACT Title of Dissertation: ROYAL SUBJECTS
    ABSTRACT Title of dissertation: ROYAL SUBJECTS, IMPERIAL CITIZENS: THE MAKING OF BRITISH IMPERIAL CULTURE, 1860- 1901 Charles Vincent Reed, Doctor of Philosophy, 2010 Dissertation directed by: Professor Richard Price Department of History ABSTRACT: The dissertation explores the development of global identities in the nineteenth-century British Empire through one particular device of colonial rule – the royal tour. Colonial officials and administrators sought to encourage loyalty and obedience on part of Queen Victoria’s subjects around the world through imperial spectacle and personal interaction with the queen’s children and grandchildren. The royal tour, I argue, created cultural spaces that both settlers of European descent and colonial people of color used to claim the rights and responsibilities of imperial citizenship. The dissertation, then, examines how the royal tours were imagined and used by different historical actors in Britain, southern Africa, New Zealand, and South Asia. My work builds on a growing historical literature about “imperial networks” and the cultures of empire. In particular, it aims to understand the British world as a complex field of cultural encounters, exchanges, and borrowings rather than a collection of unitary paths between Great Britain and its colonies. ROYAL SUBJECTS, IMPERIAL CITIZENS: THE MAKING OF BRITISH IMPERIAL CULTURE, 1860-1901 by Charles Vincent Reed Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Maryland, College Park, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy 2010 Advisory Committee: Professor Richard Price, Chair Professor Paul Landau Professor Dane Kennedy Professor Julie Greene Professor Ralph Bauer © Copyright by Charles Vincent Reed 2010 DEDICATION To Jude ii ACKNOWLEGEMENTS Writing a dissertation is both a profoundly collective project and an intensely individual one.
    [Show full text]
  • Her Majesty the Queen Launches Queen's Baton
    Her Majesty The Queen launches Queen’s Baton Her Majesty The Queen launches Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Queen’s Baton on recordlong global journey Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has set the Gold Coast 2018 Queen’s Baton Relay in motion during a star-studded commencement ceremony today at Buckingham Palace as part of Commonwealth Day celebrations. Accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Edward The Earl of Wessex, The Queen placed her message to the Commonwealth and its athletes inside the distinctive Baton. The Queen’s Baton will now travel through the entire Commonwealth for 388 days, covering 230,000 kilometres to its final destination, the Opening Ceremony of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) on 4 April 2018. Australian Paralympic champion Kurt Fearnley OAM delivered the Queen’s Baton starting from Marlborough House up The Mall and into the Palace Forecourt, accompanied by the eminent Band of the Scots Guards, who played by permission of Major General BJ Bathurst CBE, The Major General Commanding The Household Division. Louise Martin CBE President of the Commonwealth Games Federation, Peter Beattie AC Chairman of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC) and Yugambeh Elders Patricia O’Connor and Ted Williams accompanied Her Majesty inthe ceremonial party. Emily Dean, a nine-year-old middle distance runner from Southport, England, had the remarkable role of holding the message for Her Majesty before it was placed into the Baton. Emily was identified through the Adopt-a-Commonwealth Country program, part of GOLDOC’s international Schools Connect initiative. For the first time at a commencement ceremony at Buckingham Palace, representatives of the Traditional Custodians of the land where the Commonwealth Games will be held, the Yugambeh Language Group People, delivered a moving invitation to all First Nations peoples of the Commonwealth to join in the celebrations of the Games on Yugambeh land.
    [Show full text]
  • Mr. Onley's End of Mandate Report
    End of mandate report The Honourable David C. Onley 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (2007–2014) His Honour the Honourable David C. Onley, OOnt 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Shown in the uniform of Colonel of the Regiment of The Queen’s York Rangers (1st American Regiment) Painted by Juan Martínez ii End of mandate report: The Hon. David C. Onley (2007–2014) Table of contents At a glance 2 Community role 14–17 The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee 24–25 14 Youth and education Introductory messages 3 Science 24 Medal presentations 3 Lieutenant Governor 15 Arts and culture 60 in 60 Chief of Staff 16 Sports and recreation Royal visit 17 Volunteer service organizations Diamond Jubilee Galas Biographies 4–5 Faith communities Honours and awards 26–27 4 His Honour Northern Ontario tour 26 Order of Ontario 5 Her Honour His Honour honoured Ontario honours Constitutional Representational and Ontario awards responsibilities 6 celebratory role 18–23 Lieutenant Governor’s Awards 6 Representing the head of state 18 Welcoming visitors 27 Awards programs supported Powers and responsibilities 19 Representing Ontarians abroad by the Lieutenant Governor 20 Celebrating milestones Core initiatives 7–11 Office operations 28 21 Leading commemorations 7 Accessibility 28 Federal funding Celebrating citizenship 10 Aboriginal peoples in Ontario Provincial funding 22 Uniformed services Connecting with Appendix 29 Ontarians 12–13 29 Groups holding viceregal 12 Engaging Ontarians online patronage Traditional communications 13 Spending time with Ontarians Since 1937, the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario operates out of a suite of offices located in the northwest corner of the Legislative Building at Queen’s Park 1 At a glance Highlights of Mr.
    [Show full text]
  • Open Research Online Oro.Open.Ac.Uk
    Open Research Online The Open University’s repository of research publications and other research outputs Scientific naturalists and the government of the Royal Society 1850-1900 Thesis How to cite: Harrison, Andrew John (1989). Scientific naturalists and the government of the Royal Society 1850-1900. PhD thesis The Open University. For guidance on citations see FAQs. c 1988 The Author Version: Version of Record Copyright and Moral Rights for the articles on this site are retained by the individual authors and/or other copyright owners. For more information on Open Research Online’s data policy on reuse of materials please consult the policies page. oro.open.ac.uk 31 0003181 6 111111 III I H Ill 111111111111 IIll LLNRE.ft Scientific Naturalists and. the government of the Royal Society 1850-1900 by Andrew John Harrison Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of History of Science and Technology, Open University (1988) aoc3 nucer M12t5 Io},e. c4' subm\ss\oci . 2C LO oç ccd: 2L - 1] - TABLE OF CONTENTS Page no. Table of Contents 11 Acknowledgements 13.1 Abstract iv List of Abbreviations of Names of Sources V Section I Procedures of the Royal Society Introduction 1 CHAPTER ONE Publication 3 CHAPTER TWO The Government Grant 26 CHAPTER THREE "Rich Engineers, Chemical Traders and Experts" 49 CHAPTER FOUR Referees and Papers 82 Case Study 1 127 Case Study 2 135 CHAPTER FIVE The Royal Society's Foreign Relations 150 Section II Scientific Naturalists and the Royal Society CHAPTER SIX The X Club
    [Show full text]
  • The Roles of the Conservative Party
    View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by University of Birmingham Research Archive, E-theses Repository THE ROLES OF THE CONSERVA TIVE PARTY AND THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT DURING THE 'PHONEY WAR', SEPTEMBER 1939 TO MAY 1940. BY NIGEL ANTHONY PETER JOHNSON A thesis submitted to The University ofBirmingham For the degree of MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY Department ofMedieval and Modem History School ofHistorical Studies The University ofBirmingham March 200 1 University of Birmingham Research Archive e-theses repository This unpublished thesis/dissertation is copyright of the author and/or third parties. The intellectual property rights of the author or third parties in respect of this work are as defined by The Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 or as modified by any successor legislation. Any use made of information contained in this thesis/dissertation must be in accordance with that legislation and must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the permission of the copyright holder. ABSTRACT This thesis is a detailed study of the interaction between the Conservative party and the National government during the nine months of the 'phoney war'. It concentrates on the potential strength of Chamberlain's position and the Conservative party at the outbreak of war. The Conservative party entered the Second World War full of confidence. The party dominated British politics at a national level. However, Chamberlain's failure to widen the government damaged his credibility as a wartime leader when Labour's leaders rejected his offer of key seats in the war cabinet of the National government.
    [Show full text]
  • 80 Days Adaptations
    TABLE OF CONTENTS About ATC . 1 Introduction to the Play . 2 THIS IS Synopsis . 2 Meet the Characters . 3 DEFINITELY Meet the Creators . 5 NOT THE An Interview with Mark Brown . 6 QUIET LIFE From Page to Stage: 80 Days Adaptations . 7 I WAS 80 Days: The Journey . 9 Cultural Context: 19th Century Britain . 15 LOOKING FOR. – Passepartout, References and Glossary . 17 Around the World in 80 Days Discussion Questions and Activities . 23 Around the World in 80 Days Play Guide written and compiled by Katherine Monberg, ATC Literary Associate; April Jackson, Tucson Education Manager; and Amber Justmann, Literary Intern . Discussion questions and activities provided by April Jackson, Tucson Education Manager; Amber Tibbitts, Phoenix Education Manager; and Bryanna Patrick, Education Associate . SUPPORT FOR ATC’S EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY: APS JPMorgan Chase The Lovell Foundation Arizona Commission on the Arts John and Helen Murphy Foundation The Marshall Foundation Bank of America Foundation National Endowment for the Arts The Maurice and Meta Gross Foundation Blue Cross Blue Shield Arizona Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation City of Glendale PICOR Charitable Foundation The Stocker Foundation Community Foundation for Southern Arizona Rosemont Copper The William L . and Ruth T . Pendleton Cox Charities Stonewall Foundation Memorial Fund Downtown Tucson Partnership Target Tucson Medical Center Enterprise Holdings Foundation The Boeing Company Tucson Pima Arts Council Ford Motor Company Fund The Donald Pitt Family Foundation Wells Fargo Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Foundation The Johnson Family Foundation, Inc . ABOUT ATC Arizona Theatre Company is a professional, not-for-profit theatre company .
    [Show full text]
  • ED 112 453 AUTHOR TITLE INSTITUTION PUB DATE AVAILABLE from DOCUMENT RESUME EA 007 422 Atkinson, Norman Educational Co-Operation
    DOCUMENT RESUME ED 112 453 EA 007 422 AUTHOR Atkinson, Norman TITLE Educational Co-Operation in the Commonwealth: An Historical Study. Series in Education, Occasional Paper No. 1. INSTITUTION Rhodesia Univ., Salisbury. PUB DATE 74 NOTE 274p. AVAILABLE FROM The Library, University of Rhodesia, E.O. Box MP.45, Mount Pleasant, Salisbury, Rodesia ($5.10 Rhodesian) EDRS PRICE MF-$0.76 Plus Postage. HC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS Adult Education; *Educational Coordination; *Educational History; *Educational Planning; *Educational Policy; Higher Education; Instructional Media; International Education; *International Organizations; International Programs IDENTIFIERS *British Commonwealth ABSTRACT This book provides an historical assessment of educational cooperation within the British Commonwealth, during both the imperial and postimperial periods. However, the author makes no attempt to examine the educational policies or institutions of the individual territories or countries, except as they have affected the development of international cooperation. Individual chapters examine the nature of the modern Commonwealth, educational policy during the imperial period, educational cooperation in the Commonwealth since 1945, adult education in the Commonwealth, higher education in the Commonwealth, the use of instructional media in the Commonwealth, and international relations between the Commonwealth and other nations. (Author/JG) *********************************************************************** Documents acquired by ERIC include many informal unpublished * materials not available from other sources. ERIC makes every effort * * to obtain the best copy available. Nevertheless, items of marginal * * reproducibility are often encountered and this affects the quality * * of the microfiche and hatdcopy reproductions ERIC makes available * * via the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS). ErBs is not * responsible for the quality of the original document. Reproductions * * supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original.
    [Show full text]
  • Download The
    DAVID LINDSAY'S A VOYAGE TO ARCTURUS ALLEGORICAL DREAM FANTASY AS A LITERARY MODE by JACK S CHOFIELD B.A., University of Birmingham, 1969 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH We accept this thesis as conforming to the required standard THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA September, 19 72 tn presenting this thesis in partial fulfilment of the requirements for an advanced degree at the University of British Columbia, I agree that the Library shall make it freely available for reference and study. I further agree that permission for extensive copying of this thesis for scholarly purposes may be granted by the Head of my Department or by his representatives. It is understood that copying or publication of this thesis for financial gain shall not be allowed without my written permission. Department of The University of British Columbia Vancouver 8, Canada Date Abstract David Lindsay's A Voyage to Arcturus must be read as an allegorical dream fantasy for its merit to be correctly discerned. Lindsay's central themes are introduced in a study of the man and his work. (Ch. 1). These themes are found to be common in allegorical dream fantasy, the phenomen- ological background of which is established (Ch. 2). A distinction can then be drawn between fantasy and romance, so as to define allegorical dream fantasy as a literary mode (Ch. 3). After the biographical, theoretical and literary backgrounds of A Voyage have been established in the first three chapters, the second three chapters explicate the structure of the book as an allegorical dream fantasy.
    [Show full text]