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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Setara PrachaPublisher: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic Dimensions: Width: 15.80cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.70cm Weight: 0.612kg ISBN: 9781666907179ISBN 10: 1666907170 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 15 January 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsIn this fascinating and pioneering study of the short stories of Daphne du Maurier, Setara Pracha redefines for the twenty-first century the reputation of this famous novelist, making the case for her reassessment as an accomplished, cosmopolitan and radical short-story writer. Taking corporeality as a thematic framework in her close critical commentary and analysis of eight key stories, du Maurier’s symbolic and literal representation of parts of the body facilitates Pracha’s broader – and compelling – discussions on human desire, power, culture, and history. Du Maurier’s short stories are thus revealed as the most daring – and modern – of all her fiction, the contents of which wrestle with issues facing British society in the aftermath of the Second World War. -- Gerri Kimber, Visiting Professor, University of Northampton, UK By dissecting eight spine-chilling short stories in the Daphne du Maurier corpus, Setara Pracha tantalizingly demonstrates how the writer addresses key contemporary issues through the body part centerstaged in each. Such a “literary embodiment of cultural and social themes” allows Pracha to anatomize the gender, sexual, political, moral, and historical considerations which these stories support. One’s perception of the scope and depth of du Maurier’s stories is markedly broadened by this first full-length study of her short fiction, which also aims at placing du Maurier among the masters of the genre. -- Xavier Lachazette, Le Mans University, France In this fascinating and pioneering study of the short stories of Daphne du Maurier, Setara Pracha redefines for the twenty-first century the reputation of this famous novelist, making the case for her reassessment as an accomplished, cosmopolitan and radical short-story writer. Taking corporeality as a thematic framework in her close critical commentary and analysis of eight key stories, du Maurier's symbolic and literal representation of parts of the body facilitates Pracha's broader - and compelling - discussions on human desire, power, culture, and history. Du Maurier's short stories are thus revealed as the most daring - and modern - of all her fiction, the contents of which wrestle with issues facing British society in the aftermath of the Second World War. -- Gerri Kimber, Visiting Professor, University of Northampton, UK By dissecting eight spine-chilling short stories in the Daphne du Maurier corpus, Setara Pracha tantalizingly demonstrates how the writer addresses key contemporary issues through the body part centerstaged in each. Such a literary embodiment of cultural and social themes allows Pracha to anatomize the gender, sexual, political, moral, and historical considerations which these stories support. One's perception of the scope and depth of du Maurier's stories is markedly broadened by this first full-length study of her short fiction, which also aims at placing du Maurier among the masters of the genre. -- Xavier Lachazette, Le Mans University, France Author InformationSetara Pracha is senior research fellow and lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Buckingham. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |