Jean Rhys, a native of Dominica, wrote Wide Sargasso Sea as a revision of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Erre, focusing her novel on Bertha, the Ja-maican madwoman locked in the attic of the British manor house.Written over the course of twenty-one years and published in 1966,Wide Sargasso Sea was immediately recognized as a central novel for those interested in colonialism, Caribbean culture, race, and women's writing. It is set in Jamaica, Dominica, and England between 1839 and
1845 and describes a world of changing power relations among the English, the Creoles, and the newly emancipated slaves. The novel is considered a literary masterpiece for its simple yet rich language and its innovative narrative structure. The text of this Norton Critical Edition is accompanied by annotations that assist readers in understanding the historical background, regional and cultural references, and Creole and French phrases necessary for a full appreciation of the novel.
"Backgrounds" provides a wealth of material, including generous ex-cerpts from Rhys's correspondence during the novel's long evolution,relevant passages of Jane Evre, and the author's autobiographical im-pressions of growing up in Dominica.
"Criticism" introduces readers to the critical debates inspired by the novel, with works by Derek Walcott, Mary Lou Emery, Michael Thorpe, Kenneth Ramchand, Wilson Harris, Sandra Drake, Lee Erwin,Caroline Body Mona Fayad, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Benita Parry and Judith Raiskin.
A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.
Wide Sargasso Sea（梦回藻海）
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Carl Plasa is Lecturer in English, Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory, University of Wales, Cardiff.
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Preface The Text of Wide Sargasso Sea Introduction by Francis Wyndham Wide Sargasso Sea Backgrounds Rachel L Carson·[The Sargasso Sea] Charlotte Bronte·From Jane Eyre [Jane Eyre and Bertha] [The Ruined Wedding] ERochester's Story] [Fire at Thomfield Hall〕 Jean Rhys Selected Letters To Peggy Kirkaldy (October 4, 1949) To Maryvonne Moerman (November 9, 1949) To Peggy Kirkaldy (December 6, t949) To Morchard Bishop (January 27, 1953) To Francis Wyndham (March 29, 1958) To Sehna Vaz Dias (April 9, 1958) To Francis Wyndham (September 27, 1959) To Diana Athill (August 16, 1963) To Francis Wyndham (March 7, 1964) To Francis Wyndham (April 14, 1964) To Francis Wyndham (1964) To Diana Athill (1966) To Diana Athill (March 9, 1966) The Bible Is Modern From Smile Please Books Meta My Mother Black/White Facts of Life From "Black Exercise Book Criticism Derek Walcott·Jean Rhys Mary Lou Emery·Modernist Crosscurrents Michael Thorpe·"The Other Side": Wide Sargasso Sea and Kenneth Ramchand·[The Place of Jean Rhys and Wilson Harris·Carnival of Psyche: Jean Rhys's Sandra Drake· Race and Caribbean Culture as Thematics of Liberation in Jean Rhys' Wide Lee Erwin·〔History and Narrative in Wide Sargasso Sea] Caroline Rody·Burning Down the House:The Revisionary Paradigm of Jean Rhys's Mona Fayad·Unquiet Ghosts: The Struggle for Representation in Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak·[Wide Sargasso Sea and a Critique of hnperialism] Benita Parry ·〔Two Native Voices in Wide Sargasso Sea] Judith Raiskin·England: Dream and Nightmare Jean Rhys: A Chronology Selected Bibliography |
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