Wide Sargasso Sea: A Norton Critical Edition

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.

Author: Jean Rhys
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 11/17/1998
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.06w x 0.75d
ISBN13: 9780393960129
ISBN10: 0393960129
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | Historical | General