Jean Rhys : the West Indian novels / Teresa F. O'Connor.
"Making use of the important but unpublished manuscripts and biographical sources of Jean Rhys as well as the published works, Teresa F. O'Connor analyzes the cultural, historical, and family influences on the Dominican-born author in providing the most complete account yet of her writing&...
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New York ; London :
New York University Press,
[1986]
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Table of Contents:
- Part I: The voyage out: a provincial writer's journey. Dominica: the failure of home ; England: the disappointment of the motherland ; Paris, England again: respite and return
- Part II: Sojourn: voyage in the dark. The exile looks back ; The writer looks on
- Part III: The long view: wide Sargasso Sea. The Caribbean Jane Eyre: the West Indies and England ; Men: sons and fathers ; Women: daughters and mothers ; Race and betrayal ; The dialogue between good and evil.