Virginia Woolf, Jean Rhys, and the Aesthetics of Trauma

Virginia Woolf, Jean Rhys, and the Aesthetics of Trauma
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 223
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ISBN-10 : 9780230601857
ISBN-13 : 0230601855
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Book Synopsis Virginia Woolf, Jean Rhys, and the Aesthetics of Trauma by : P. Moran

Download or read book Virginia Woolf, Jean Rhys, and the Aesthetics of Trauma written by P. Moran and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-01-08 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a study of modernism, sexuality, and subjectivity in the work of two leading women modernists. Each confronted the aspects of her culture and personal history that resulted in a degraded sense of female sexuality and explored how traumatic childhood sexual experiences informed their relationship to female corporeality and fiction-writing.


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