Current PhD Students

Bryony Aitchison

Thesis Title:

The Queer Gardens of Modernism

Supervisor:

Dr Hannah Roche

Description: 

My PhD explores the role of gardens in the writings of modernist women poets including Amy Lowell, H.D. and Marianne Moore. I consider representations of gender, sexuality and nation within these poets’ ‘imaginary gardens’.

I began my AHRC funded PhD in 2020, having received a MA in Modern and Contemporary Literature from the University of York and a BA in English from the University of Exeter. Alongside my research, I co-organise the University of York’s CModS Research Strand ‘The Contemporary Essay’, and I am a committee member of ‘Countervoices’, the CModS postgraduate forum. In my spare time, I enjoy writing poetry, and I currently run fortnightly poetry workshops for postgraduate students at York. When I’m not writing, I enjoy walking and the music of Kate Bush.