Jean Rhys.
Title:
Jean Rhys.
Author:
Savory, Elaine.
ISBN:
9780511149917
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (332 pages)
Series:
Cambridge Studies in African and Caribbean Literature ; v.7
Cambridge Studies in African and Caribbean Literature
Contents:
Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and note on the text -- PUBLISHED TEXTS -- UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS -- LOCATION OF RHYS MANUSCRIPTS -- Chronology -- CHAPTER 1 Living on both sides, living to write -- CHAPTER 2 Registering protest: The Left Bank and Quartet -- CHAPTER 3 A Caribbean woman lost in Europe? After Leaving Mr MacKenzie and the question of gender -- CHAPTER 4 Writing colour, writing Caribbean: Voyage in the Dark and the politics of colour -- CHAPTER 5 Dangerous spirit, bitterly amused: Good Morning, Midnight -- CHAPTER 6 People in and out of place: spatial arrangements in Wide Sargasso Sea -- CHAPTER 7 Brief encounters: Rhys and the craft of the short story -- CHAPTER 8 Performance arts: the theatre of autobiography and the role of the personal essay -- CHAPTER 9 The Helen of our wars: cultural politics and Jean Rhys criticism -- Notes -- PREFACE -- CHRONOLOGY -- 1 LIVING ON BOTH SIDES, LIVING TO WRITE -- 2 REGISTERING PROTEST: THE LEFT BANK AND QUARTET -- 3 A CARIBBEAN WOMAN LOST IN EUROPE?: AFTER LEAVING MR MACKENZIE AND THE QUESTION OF GENDER -- 4 VOYAGE IN THE DARK: THE POLITICS OF COLOURS -- 5 DANGEROUS SPIRIT, BITTERLY AMUSED: GOOD MORNING, MIDNIGHT -- 6 PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF PLACE: SPATIAL ARRANGEMENTS IN WIDE SARGASSO SEA -- 7 BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: RHYS AND THE CRAFT OF THE SHORT STORY -- 8 PERFORMANCE ARTS: THE THEATRE OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND THE ROLE OF THE PERSONAL ESSAY -- 9 'THE HELEN OF OUR WARS': CULTURAL POLITICS AND JEAN RHYS CRITICISM -- Bibliography -- WORKS BY JEAN RHYS -- BOOKS -- STORIES, POEMS, ESSAYS, AND EXCERPTS -- UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS: UTC -- UNPUBLISHED LETTERS: UTC -- ADAPTATIONS AND CRITICISM OF ADAPTATIONS -- INTERVIEWS -- TRANSLATIONS -- SELECTED WORKS ABOUT RHYS -- REVIEWS -- The Left Bank -- Quartet.
After Leaving Mr MacKenzie -- Voyage in the Dark -- Good Morning, Midnight -- Wide Sargasso Sea -- Tigers Are Better-Looking -- Sleep It Off Lady -- Smile Please -- Letters -- 'Omnibus' film on Rhys, BBC -- BACKGROUND MATERIAL -- Index.
Abstract:
A critical reading of Rhys's entire oeuvre, including the stories and autobiography, informed by Rhys's own manuscripts and first published in 1999.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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