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The Cambridge introduction to Jean Rhys

Title

The Cambridge introduction to Jean Rhys / Elaine Savory.

Author

Savory, Elaine.

Publication

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	No restrictions	*R-RMRR PR6035.H96 Z7 2009	Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 - Reference

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xiii, 147 p.; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Cambridge introductions to literature

Uniform Title

Cambridge introductions to literature.

Alternative Title

Introduction to Jean Rhys
Jean Rhys

Subject

Rhys, Jean > Criticism and interpretation

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 118-140) and index.

Contents

Life. Gwen Williams 1890-1907 -- Gwen Williams and Ella Gray 1907-1919 -- Jean Rhys and Ella Lenglet 1919-1927 -- Jean Rhys 1928-1945 -- Jean Rhys and Ella Hamer 1946-1966 -- Jean Rhys 1966-1979 -- Contexts. Cultural identities -- Modernisms -- Literary migrations -- Pioneer women artists outside polite society: Rhys, Colette and Edith Piaf -- The woman writer -- The colonial postcolonial -- Published and unpublished: Rhys's notebooks and manuscripts -- Making the "truth" -- Texts. The left bank (1927) -- Quartet (1929) -- After leaving Mr. MacKenzie (1931) -- Voyage in the dark (1934) -- Good morning, midnight (1939) -- Wide Sargasso Sea (1966) -- Tigers are better-looking (1968) -- Sleep it off lady (1976) -- The collected short stories (1987) -- Smile please (1979) -- Reception. 1927-1965 -- 1966 and after.

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