Content

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Content vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction xi
5. Part One Masquerades
6. 1. Modernist Crosscurrents 3
7. 2. Countertexts, Countercommunities 21
8. Part Two. Marooned
9. 3. Wide Sargasso Sea: Obeah Nights 35
10. 4. Voyage in the Dark: Carnival/Consciousness 63
11. Part Three. Other Women
12. 5. Voyage in the Dark: The Other Great War 85
13. 6. Quartet: "Postures," Possession, and Point of View 105
14. 7. After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie: Repetition and Counterromance 122
15. 8. Good Morning, Midnight: The Paris Exhibition and the Paradox of Style 144
16. Conclusion: "World's End and a Beginning" 173
17. Notes 179
18. Selected Bibliography 201
19. Index 211