Fragmentation of the self : Lacanian perspectives on Jean Rhys's longer fiction

Jean Rhys's primary concern in her fiction is the fragmentation of the self. Her Caribbean/postcolonial experience, her gender positioning and her encounter with modernism contribute to her experience of fragmentation. Lacanian theory provides a plausible framework to understand the idea of fra...

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Main Author: Awan, Zulfqar Hyder
Published: University of Aberdeen 2014
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.606480