The Pathology of Desire in Daphne du Maurier’s Short Stories

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The Pathology of Desire in Daphne du Maurier’s Short Stories is written by Setara Pracha and published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1666907189 (ISBN 10) and 9781666907186 (ISBN 13).

Following a resurgence of interest in Daphne du Maurier’s writing, The Pathology of Desire in Daphne du Maurier’s Short Stories offers an overview of all her collections and a detailed reading of nine stories. These contain recurrent references to the incomplete or impaired human form and are best read through a corporeal lens. The criticism illustrates her importance as a cultural commentator fascinated by the results of frustrated human desire, and includes a synopsis of the published collections, and the stories within them, to give the reader a sense of the variety of the overarching themes and the persistent force of corporeality in the stories. Du Maurier is well-known as a novelist, but her short fiction is pivotal to understanding her position and influence as a writer. She rewrites fairytales and foregrounds female violence long before it became a cultural trend.