As the foremost white West Indian writer of this century and author of the widely acclaimed novel Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys (1890-1979) has attracted much cr

"A considerable tour de force by any standard." ?New York Times Book Review"

Presents new critical perspectives on Jean Rhys in relation to modernism, postcolonialism, and theories of affect.Jean Rhys (1890-1979) is the author of five no

“Enthralling.… Seymour powerfully evokes the world from which Rhys never really escaped, one of prejudice, abuse, and abuse’s shamefaced offspring, compli

Gregg focuses on Rhys as a writer, a Creole woman analyzing the question of identity through literary investigations of race, gender, and colonialism. Arguing t