Virginia Woolf, Jean Rhys, and the Aesthetics of Trauma
Author | : P. Moran |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 223 |
Release | : 2007-01-08 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780230601857 |
ISBN-13 | : 0230601855 |
Rating | : 4/5 (855 Downloads) |
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.