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

• Authors: Claudia Ioana Doroholschi
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

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.

Keywords

EN

1890s; Ella D’Arcy; narrative; short story

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Romanian Journal of English Studies
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 210-223

Dates

published

2012-12-01

online

2013-02-21

Contributors

author

Claudia Ioana Doroholschi

• West University of Timişoara

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10319-012-0021-z