Fulbright Feature
Feb 12, 2021
Summary Fulbright US/UK Commission Author Interview
"Prewett somehow captures something very now- he survives being buried alive, lives through a global pandemic, experiences a homosexual demi-world few of us are familiar with and cons the Bloomsbury set, a literary elite who deserved it on so many levels!"
Trauma, Primitivism and the First World War (Bloomsbury, 2021) examines the extraordinary life of Frank “Toronto” Prewett and the history of trauma, literary expression, and the power of self-representation after WWI. Joy Porter sheds new light on how the First World War affected the Canadian poet, and how war-induced trauma or “shell-shock” caused him to pretend to be an indigenous North American. We caught up with the author in this Snapshot to discuss the book and her broader scholarship.Linked Funders AHRC Arts & Humanities Research Council People Joy Porter Projects Brightening the Covenant Chain: Revealing Cultures of Diplomacy Between the Crown and the Iroquois Research Centres/Groups Treatied Spaces URL https://fulbrighternetwork.com/news/393117
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