ABSTRACT In this article I explore female mobility and spatiality in the two novels, I Pose (1915) and The Poor Man (1922) by Stella Benson (1892–1933), who is an under-researched British writer in the early twentieth century yet whose works have raised key questions surrounding women’s condition, and most importantly, the existential crises that modern men and women confront. Focusing on the two leading female characters in the novels but also drawing attention to gender relationship, I explore how the constant negotiations and tension between their hope to break away from social constraints and expectations, and the difficulty that they face in their personal relationships are symbolized by their global traverses, and at times the (im)possibility of return.

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“为什么还记得痛苦？”：斯特拉·本森 (Stella Benson) 的《我的姿势》和《穷人》中的女性与跨国穿越

摘要 在这篇文章中，我探讨了 Stella Benson（1892-1933）的两部小说 I Pose (1915) 和 The Poor Man (1922) 中的女性流动性和空间性，Stella Benson (1892-1933) 是 20 世纪初一位研究不足的英国作家。他们的作品提出了围绕女性状况的关键问题，最重要的是，现代男性和女性面临的生存危机。着眼于小说中的两个主要女性角色，同时也关注性别关系，探索她们希望摆脱社会束缚和期望与她们在人际关系中面临的困难之间不断的谈判和紧张是如何象征的通过他们的全球遍历，有时（不可能）返回。