This PhD explores the radical writings and legacy of Lancashire mill-woman, Ethel Carnie Holdsworth (1886-1962), in collaboration with arts commissioning agency Mid Pennine Arts (MPA). Carnie Holdsworth was a prolific, experimental writer across a variety of genres including journalism, serial fiction, children’s literature, poetry and politics. She is one of the first working-class women in England to publish a novel (Miss Nobody, 1913) and became renowned as a radical socialist feminist. At our current time of political polarisation and increased social and economic disparities, contemporary regional audiences are becoming aware of Carnie Holdsworth’s audacity as a writer and the challenge her works present to key paradigms of modernity.
This PhD will offer the first reassessment of Carnie Holdsworth’s radical literary works, publishing history, and creative impact, contributing to urgent public demand for greater access to the dynamic, diverse history of working-class writing.
This studentship is funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council through the South, West & Wales Doctoral Training Partnership (SWW DTP). It is co-supervised by Dr Nicola Wilson, Associate Professor of Book and Publishing Studies, University of Reading and Dr Simon Rennie, Senior Lecturer in Victorian Poetry, University of Exeter in partnership with Nick Hunt, Mid Pennine Arts.
For details on this fully funded Collaborative Doctoral Award (CDA) please visit: https://www.sww-ahdtp.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CDA-8-Holdsworth.Further-Details.pdf
Find out more about the application and the studentship here: https://www.sww-ahdtp.ac.uk/prospective-students/apply/collaborative-doctoral-award-projects-2021/
Start your application here: https://www.sww-ahdtp.ac.uk/prospective-students/apply/
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