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The Pathology of Desire in Daphne du Maurier's Short Stories
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2023
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Following a resurgence of interest in Daphne du Maurier’s writing, The Pathology of Desire in Daphne du Maurier’s Short Stories offers an overview of all her collections and a detailed reading of nine stories. These contain recurrent references to the incomplete or impaired human form and are best read through a corporeal lens. The criticism illustrates her importance as a cultural commentator fascinated by the results of frustrated human desire, and includes a synopsis of the published collections, and the stories within them, to give the reader a sense of the variety of the overarching themes and the persistent force of corporeality in the stories. Du Maurier is well-known as a novelist, but her short fiction is pivotal to understanding her position and influence as a writer. She rewrites fairytales and foregrounds female violence long before it became a cultural trend.
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Copyright year
2023
ISBN-Print
978-1-6669-0717-9
ISBN-Online
978-1-6669-0718-6
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
262
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Acknowledgments No access
Introduction. Corporeality: The Conceptual Skeleton No access
Chapter One. ‘The critics will never forgiveyou for writing Rebecca’: Repositioning Daphne du Maurier and an Anatomy of the Short Story Collections No access
Chapter Two. ‘Split Second’ [head] (1980) No access
Chapter Three. ‘The Blue Lenses’ [eyes] (1952) No access
Chapter Four. ‘The Lordly Ones’ [tongue] (1959) No access
Chapter Five. ‘Monte Verità’ [breasts / yoni] (1952) No access
Chapter Six. ‘The Apple Tree’ [limbs] (1952) No access
Chapter Seven. ‘The Alibi’ [phallus] (1959) No access
Chapter Eight. ‘The Little Photographer’ [feet] (1952) No access
Chapter Nine. ‘The Doll’ [body] (1937, 2011) No access
