The pathology of desire in Daphne du Maurier's short stories

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The pathology of desire in Daphne du Maurier's short stories

Setara Pracha

Lexington Books, c2023

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-249) and index

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内容説明

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.

目次

Acknowledgments Section I: The Corpus Introduction: Corporeality: The Conceptual Skeleton Chapter One: 'The critics will never forgive you for writing Rebecca': Repositioning Daphne du Maurier and an Anatomy of the Short Story Collections Section II: The Dismembered Self Chapter Two: 'Split Second' [head] (1980) Chapter Three: 'The Blue Lenses' [eyes] (1952) Chapter Four: 'The Lordly Ones' [tongue] (1959) Chapter Five: 'Monte Verita' [breasts/ yoni] (1952) Chapter Six: 'The Apple Tree' [limbs] (1952) Chapter Seven: 'The Alibi' [phallus] (1959) Chapter Eight: 'The Little Photographer' [feet] (1952) Chapter Nine: 'The Doll' [body] (1937, 2011) Section III: A Pathology of Desire Chapter Ten: Reconstructive Surgery Appendix: The Bare Bones Bibliography About the Author

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