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Leonie Wareham Wanitzek is a Researcher affiliated with Oriel College, University of Oxford. Her doctoral research examines British literary representations of Italy (1880–1930), focusing on textual constructions of space, place, and identity. She investigates how British writers like Vernon Lee, E. M. Forster, and D. H. Lawrence engaged with Italian cultural landscapes through travel writing, fiction, and non-fiction, contextualized within historical discourses on tourism, nationalism, and art. Her work employs space theory frameworks (e.g., Henri Lefebvre, Bertrand Westphal) to analyze socio-cultural processes in 'writing Italy.'
- Thesis: Encounters with Italy: British Writers Constructing Space, Place and Identity, 1880–1930
- Supervisor: Dr. Stefano Evangelista
Her research interests span late 19th- and early 20th-century literature, cultural geography, and the intersections of travel, leisure, and national identity. She explores how Italian spaces served as mirrors for British cultural self-definition, particularly through the lens of 'Englishness.'
