"The book addresses critical omissions in du Maurier studies by carefully examining her less well-known shorter fiction. The analysis covers nine stories chosen to illustrate how du Maurier employs the diseased, disabled, and maimed human form as a...
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"The book addresses critical omissions in du Maurier studies by carefully examining her less well-known shorter fiction. The analysis covers nine stories chosen to illustrate how du Maurier employs the diseased, disabled, and maimed human form as a recurrent symbol for social, political, and domestic misalignment"--
The corpus. Introduction: Corporeality: the conceptual skeleton -- 'The critics will never forgive you for writing Rebecca': repositioning Daphne du Maurier and an anatomy of the short story collections -- The dismembered self. 'Split second' [head] (1980) -- 'The blue lenses' [eyes] (1952) -- 'The lordly ones' [tongue] (1959) -- 'Monte Verità' [breasts/ yoni] (1952) -- 'The apple tree' [limbs] (1952) -- 'The alibi' [phallus] (1959) -- 'The little photographer' [feet] (1952) -- 'The doll' [body] (1937, 2011) -- A pathology of desire. Reconstructive surgery -- Appendix: The bare bones.
