Jean Rhys at "World's End": Novels of Colonial and Sexual Exile

"By far the most comprehensive feminist critical study on Rhys to date is Mary Lou Emery' . . . useful for its many insights into particular moments of historical resonance in Rhys' fiction . . ."--Jean Rhys Review"Emery' careful unraveling of the interconnections of colonial and sexual exile is a valuable contribution to feminist scholarship on Rhys."--SignsTense oppositions in Caribbean culture supply powerful themes and spark complex narrative experiments in the fiction of Dominican-born novelist Jean Rhys. In this pathfinding study, Mary Lou Emery focuses on Rhys' handling of these oppositions, using a Caribbean cultural perspective to replace the mainly European standards that have served to misread and sometimes devalue Rhys' writing.Mary Lou Emery is the author of 'Jean Rhys at "World's End": Novels of Colonial and Sexual Exile' with ISBN 9780292711266 and ISBN 0292711263.