Studies in Short Fiction Series - Jean Rhys
Edition: 1 edition
Series: Studies in Short Fiction Series
Publisher: Twayne Publishers
Published: January 9, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Board book
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780805708554
Subjects: Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Novels, other prose & writers; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Rhys, Jean, 1890-1979; American English; English; Literary Criticism; Short story; Rhys, Jean; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Language, Literature And Biography; England; 20th century; Criticism and interpretation; History; Women and literature
Description: With Jean Rhys: A Study of the Short Fiction, Cheryl Alexander Malcolm and David Malcolm provide the first full-length critical analysis of Rhys's contributions to the short story genre. Maintaining that Rhys's overriding interest was the outsider - "the underdog, the normally silenced, the excluded, the ignored" - the Malcolms examine the stories from the perspective of this motif.

Selected stories - among them "Illusion," "Mannequin," and "Let Them Call It Jazz" - are given in-depth treatment, as are the heretofore neglected technical aspects of Rhys's work: narration, style, plot, action, and setting.