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<p> The small body of work produced by Ella D’Arcy in the 1890s is noteworthy for its experimentation with narrative instability, its unsympathetic treatment of character and its oppressive, claustrophobic fictional world. The paper looks at how D’Arcy’s fiction makes use of shifts in focalisation, melodramatic plot twists and closure to build up a sense of irresoluteness and moral de-centering.</p>
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The small body of work produced by Ella D’Arcy in the 1890s is noteworthy for its experimentation with narrative instability, its unsympathetic treatment of character and its oppressive, claustrophobic fictional world. The paper looks at how D’Arcy’s fiction makes use of shifts in focalisation, melodramatic plot twists and closure to build up a sense of irresoluteness and moral de-centering.

Off the Beaten Path: Ella D'arcy's Yellow Book Stories

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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The small body of work produced by Ella D’Arcy in the 1890s is noteworthy for its experimentation with narrative instability, its unsympathetic treatment of...

Off the Beaten Path: Ella D'arcy's Yellow Book Stories

Publié en ligne: 21 févr. 2013

Pages: 210 - 223

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10319-012-0021-z

Mots clés
1890s, Ella D’Arcy, narrative, short story

© 2012 by Versita

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Off the Beaten Path: Ella D'arcy's Yellow Book Stories

Publié en ligne: 21 févr. 2013

Pages: 210 - 223

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10319-012-0021-z

Mots clés1890s, Ella D’Arcy, narrative, short story

© 2012 by Versita

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
1890s, Ella D’Arcy, narrative, short story