| Description |
viii, 217 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-208) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Subject |
Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Rhys, Jean -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Rhys, Jean. |
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Psychic trauma in literature.
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Psychic trauma in literature. |
| Added Title |
Aesthetics of trauma |
| ISBN |
1403974829 |
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9781403974822 |
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0230601855 e-bk. |
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9780230601857 e-bk. |
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