Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

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Summary

Written over the course of twenty-one years and published in 1966, Wide Sargasso Sea, based on Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, takes place in Jamaica and Dominica in 1839–45.

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Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

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.
Jean Rhys (1890–1979), one of the foremost writers of the twentieth century, is the author of Wide Sargasso Sea—her last and best-known novel—as well as After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie, Voyage in the Dark, and Good Morning, Midnight, all available in Norton paperback. Judith L. Raiskin is Associate Professor and Director of Women’s Studies at the University of Oregon. She is the author of Snow on the Cane Fields: Women’s Writing and Creole Subjectivity.
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ISBN 13 9780393960129
ISBN 10 0393960129
Title Wide Sargasso Sea
Author Jean Rhys
Series Norton Critical Editions
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Year published 1999-03-17
Number of pages 288
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.