Christopher O'Hara

Biography

Christopher is a PhD student in the School of English at St Andrews. He works on the intersection of technological modernity and the narration of space and community in a range of novels throughout the twentieth century. Specifically, he looks at the ways in which developing technologies of mobility affect our understanding of space, individuality, and communal identity. As such, his work exists between literature, social histories, and phenomenology. His project currently has a title, although he doesn't like it, so it won't be reproduced here. This project is supervised by Dr James Purdon. 

Research Interests 

Other research interests (those not discussed above) include: Critical theory, the physicality of text, experimental punk and 70s/80s zine culture, history of the novel, avant-garde movements (especially the 60s/70s British avant-garde), and visual arts