Dr. Lara Feigel

Biography

Lara Feigel works on twentieth-century literature and culture, focusing on the intersections of literary criticism, cultural history, and representation of life, literature, and history. Her monograph, 'Literature, Cinema, Politics, 1930-1945, Reading Frames' (Edinburgh University Press, 2010), explores the evolution of cinematic modernism and politically engaged literature over the decades. Feigel's book 'Love-charm Bombs: Restless Lives World War' (Bloomsbury, 2013) experiments with life-writing, analyzing wartime narratives through the eyes of five significant writers. Her subsequent works include 'Bitter Taste Victory: Life, Love Art Ruins Reich' and 'Free Woman: Life, Liberation Doris Lessing' (Bloomsbury, 2018), which delve into complex cultural legacies and personal freedoms. Recently, she published 'The Group' (John Murray, 2020), an essayistic investigation of contemporary women's experiences. An accomplished editor, Feigel has co-edited various collections, including 'New Selected Journals Stephen Spender' and 'Modernism & Sea'. Her research is supported by a European Research Council Starting Grant and she serves as co-director of the Centre for Modern Literature and Culture, which administers the Ivan Juritz Prize for Creative Experiment.

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