Virginia Woolf, Jean Rhys and the aesthetics of trauma /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Patricia Moran
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Basingstoke :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave Macmillan,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2007
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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viii, 217 v. ;
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24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Experiences as a body : Virginia Woolf, Jean Rhys, and the aesthetics of trauma -- "Cock-a-doodle-dum" : Desmond MacCarthy, Sexology, and the writing of A room of one's own -- "The flaw in the centre" : writing as hymenal rupture in Virginia Woolf's work -- Gunpowder plots : sexuality and censorship in Woolf's later works -- When the pervert meets the hysteric : Jean Rhys's black exercise book -- "A doormat in a world of boots" : Jean Rhys and the masochistic aesthetic -- Epilogue : "The one dependable thing in a world of strife, ruin, chaos" : writing trauma, writing self
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PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Rhys, Jean-- Criticism and interpretation
Woolf, Virginia,1882-1941-- Criticism and interpretation