Jean Rhys: 536 (English Authors) - Hardcover

Jean Rhys is an accessible and up-to-date analysis of Rhys's career. Sanford Sternlicht presents the link between Rhys's life and her work, demonstrating how the two intertwine. Beginning with a biographical and personality sketch, this book looks at some of the problems Rhys faced in her professional and personal life and how they are projected in her writing. Sternlicht evaluates Rhys's published work in chronological order, demonstrating her stylistic development. This study provides a unique overview of the life and fiction of one of the major voices of feminine consciousness in the twentieth century.