(Out)Rage Against The Machine: ‘Parasexuality’ and Subversion in Jean Rhys’s Voyage in the Dark

Jean Rhys's third novel tackles a subversive subject matter, namely a nineteen-year-old chorus-girl who slips into prostitution and nearly dies after undergoing a botched abortion. So much so that Rhys came under pressure from her publisher to change the ending. Our purpose here is to look more...

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Main Author: Catherine Rovera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée 2013-10-01
Series:Études Britanniques Contemporaines
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/ebc/720