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Wide Sargasso Sea
ISBN/GTIN

Wide Sargasso Sea

A Norton Critical Edition
BookPaperback
Ranking1199776inBelletristik
CHF36.90

Description

Textual notes illuminate the novel's historical background, regional references, and the non-translated Creole and French phrases necessary to fully understand this powerful story. Backgrounds includes a wealth of material on the novel's long evolution, it connections to Jane Eyre, and Rhys's biographical impressions of growing up in Dominica. Criticism introduces readers to the critical debates inspired by the novel with a Derek Walcott poem and eleven essays.
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ISBN/GTIN978-0-393-96012-9
Product TypeBook
BindingPaperback
Publishing date17/11/1998
Pages288 pages
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 131 mm, Height 216 mm, Thickness 14 mm
Weight278 g
Article no.3358406
CatalogsBuchzentrum
Data source no.19334230
Product groupBelletristik
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Author

Autor Jean Rhys,geb. 1890 auf der kleinen westindischen Insel Domenica, begann 1923 in Paris gefördert von Ford Maddox Ford zu schreiben. Bis 1939 erschienen Erzählungen und vier Romane. Erst 1966, mit der Veröffentlichung von 'Sargassomeer', wird Jean Rhys wiederentdeckt, ihr literarischer Rang mit Sylvia Plath und Virginia Woolf verglichen. Jean Rhys starb im Mai 1979 in Devonshire.