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Colonialism and the Modernist Moment in the Early Novels of Jean Rhys
By Carol Dell'Amico
Copyright 2006
156 Pages
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Routledge
158 Pages
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Routledge
154 Pages
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Routledge
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Colonialism and the Modernist Moment in the Early Novels of Jean Rhys explores the postcolonial significance of Rhys’s modernist period work, which depicts an urban scene more varied than that found in other canonical representations of the period. Arguing against the view that Rhys comes into her own as a colonial thinker only in the post-WWII period of her career, this study examines the... Read more
Abbreviations Introduction Chapter One: Good Morning, Midnight: Flaneur Novels and the ColonialChapter Two: Voyage in the Dark: Unhomely Chapter Three: Rhys/Deleuze -- Rhys/Conrad: After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie, Almayer's Folly, and the Problem of Masochism in Rhys Chapter Four: Reading Quartet: Phobic Nationalisms and a Postcolonial EthicsCodaBibliographyNotesIndex
Biography
Carol Dell'Amico is an adjunct professor of English at East Los Angeles College, California. She is also a freelance writer, contributing regularly to literary references publications.
