The book addresses critical omissions in du Maurier studies by carefully examining her less well-known shorter fiction. The analysis covers nine stories chosen to illustrate how du Maurier employs the diseased, disabled, and maimed human form as a recurrent symbol for social, political, and domestic misalignment.
The book addresses critical omissions in du Maurier studies by carefully examining her less well-known shorter fiction. The analysis covers nine stories chosen to illustrate how du Maurier employs the diseased, disabled, and maimed human form as a recurrent symbol for social, political, and domestic misalignment.
Setara Pracha is senior research fellow and lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Buckingham.
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgments Section I: The Corpus Introduction: Corporeality: The Conceptual Skeleton Chapter One: 'The critics will never forgive you for writing Rebecca': Repositioning Daphne du Maurier and an Anatomy of the Short Story Collections Section II: The Dismembered Self Chapter Two: 'Split Second' [head] (1980) Chapter Three: 'The Blue Lenses' [eyes] (1952) Chapter Four: 'The Lordly Ones' [tongue] (1959) Chapter Five: 'Monte Verità' [breasts/ yoni] (1952) Chapter Six: 'The Apple Tree' [limbs] (1952) Chapter Seven: 'The Alibi' [phallus] (1959) Chapter Eight: 'The Little Photographer' [feet] (1952) Chapter Nine: 'The Doll' [body] (1937, 2011) Section III: A Pathology of Desire Chapter Ten: Reconstructive Surgery Appendix: The Bare Bones Bibliography About the Author
Acknowledgments Section I: The Corpus Introduction: Corporeality: The Conceptual Skeleton Chapter One: 'The critics will never forgive you for writing Rebecca': Repositioning Daphne du Maurier and an Anatomy of the Short Story Collections Section II: The Dismembered Self Chapter Two: 'Split Second' [head] (1980) Chapter Three: 'The Blue Lenses' [eyes] (1952) Chapter Four: 'The Lordly Ones' [tongue] (1959) Chapter Five: 'Monte Verità' [breasts/ yoni] (1952) Chapter Six: 'The Apple Tree' [limbs] (1952) Chapter Seven: 'The Alibi' [phallus] (1959) Chapter Eight: 'The Little Photographer' [feet] (1952) Chapter Nine: 'The Doll' [body] (1937, 2011) Section III: A Pathology of Desire Chapter Ten: Reconstructive Surgery Appendix: The Bare Bones Bibliography About the Author
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