Pathology of Desire in Daphne du Maurier's Short Stories (eBook)

Setara Pracha (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
272 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-6669-0718-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Following a resurgence of interest in Daphne du Maurier's writing, The Pathology of Desire in Daphne du Maurier's Short Stories offers an overview of all her collections and a detailed reading of nine stories. These contain recurrent references to the incomplete or impaired human form and are best read through a corporeal lens. The criticism illustrates her importance as a cultural commentator fascinated by the results of frustrated human desire, and includes a synopsis of the published collections, and the stories within them, to give the reader a sense of the variety of the overarching themes and the persistent force of corporeality in the stories. Du Maurier is well-known as a novelist, but her short fiction is pivotal to understanding her position and influence as a writer. She rewrites fairytales and foregrounds female violence long before it became a cultural trend.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.1.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: bodies in stories • body gothic • Disability in literature • du Maurier stories • macabre plots • the apple tree • The Breaking Point
• ISBN-10: 1-6669-0718-9 / 1666907189
• ISBN-13: 978-1-6669-0718-6 / 9781666907186