Bibliograph

Jean Rhys, Sanford Sternlicht

Type

Label

Jean Rhys, Sanford Sternlicht

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-151) and index

Illustrations

portraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Jean Rhys

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

35673609

Responsibility statement

Sanford Sternlicht

Series statement

Twayne's English authors series, no. 536

Summary

Jean Rhys is an accessible and up-to-date analysis of Rhys's career. Sanford Sternlicht presents the link between Rhys's life and her work, demonstrating how the two intertwine. Beginning with a biographical and personality sketch, this book looks at some of the problems Rhys faced in her professional and personal life and how they are projected in her writing. Sternlicht evaluates Rhys's published work in chronological order, demonstrating her stylistic development. This study provides a unique overview of the life and fiction of one of the major voices of feminine consciousness in the twentieth century

Table Of Contents

A woman's life -- The left bank and other stories -- Quartet -- After leaving Mr. Mackenzie -- Voyage in the dark -- Good morning, midnight -- Wide Sargasso Sea -- Tigers are better-looking and Sleep it off, lady -- Autobiographical writing -- "The best living English novelist": summation and achievement

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