Biography
After gaining a BA from the University of Toronto and a Ph.D. from University College London, I worked initially at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge before coming to King's in 2003.
Research Interests
- Virginia Woolf
- Modernist women writers
- Modernism and colonialism
- Literary sound studies
I would be interested in hearing from prospective doctoral students in any of these areas or modernism more broadly.
My recent publications include a scholarly edition of Woolf’s The Years for the Cambridge University Press Edition of the Works of Virginia Woolf (general editors: Jane Goldman and Susan Sellers). My monograph, Modernist Voyages: Colonial Women Writers in London 1890-1945 (Cambridge University Press, 2014), shortlisted for the Modernist Studies Association Book Prize, looks at the intersection of anti-colonialism and feminism in writing by women who travelled to London from India, the Caribbean, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa during the modernist period.
I am currently working on a project on interwar literary modernism and noise, and am editing a volume on Literature and Sound for Cambridge University Press.
For more details, please see my full research profile.
Teaching
I teach modules on Virginia Woolf, modernism, and literary soundscapes.
Expertise and Public Engagement
- Plenary Speaker at ‘Virginia Woolf and the Writing of History’, Université de Rouen, 2018
- Speaker at Virginia Woolf Exhibition, Tate St. Ives, 2018
- Collaboration with Deborah Pearson on ‘The Filibuster’, a 12-hour durational performance by female-identified actors, as part of Somerset House’s, Arts in Society series
- Plenary Speaker at 'Virginia Woolf and the World of Books', University of Reading, 2017
- 2017 Member of the New Modernist Editing Network (PI Bryony Randall, University of Glasgow)
- Chair of English Department Athena SWAN Committee (2017/18)
- Member of Editorial Board of Woolf Studies Annual
- Member of AHRC Peer Review College
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Snaith, A. L., Jun 2020, The Edinburgh Companion to Literature and Music. da Sousa Correa, D. (ed.). Edinburgh University Press, p. 558-564 7 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding - Chapter
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Snaith, A. (ed.), Jun 2020, Cambridge University Press. 424 p. (Cambridge Critical Concepts) Research output: Book/Report - Book. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108855532
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Snaith, A. L., 1 Jan 2020, The Cambridge History of Black and Asian Writing. Nasta, S. & Stein, M. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, p. 116-131 (Cambridge History). Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding - Chapter
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Snaith, A. L., 1 Dec 2019, In : CRITICAL INQUIRY. 64, 4 Research output: Contribution to journal - Article
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Snaith, A., May 2019, In : LITERATURE AND HISTORY. 28, 1, p. 10-26 17 p. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1177/0306197319829353
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Snaith, A., 14 Jun 2018, The Handbook to the Bloomsbury Group. Ryan, D. & Ross, S. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 94-108 Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding - Chapter
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Snaith, A. L., 2016, In : Modernism-Modernity. 23, 2, p. 478-480 Research output: Contribution to journal - Book/Film/Article review
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Snaith, A. L., 2016, A Companion to Virginia Woolf. Berman, J. (ed.). Oxford: WILEY-BLACKWELL, p. 137-150 Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding - Chapter
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Snaith, A. L., Oct 2015, In : Oxford Handbooks Online. 12 p. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199935338.013.28
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Snaith, A., 25 Mar 2015, In : Women: A Cultural Review. 26, 4, p. 476-479 4 p. Research output: Contribution to journal - Book/Film/Article review