Wide Sargasso Sea at 50

1         Introduction to Wide Sargasso Sea at 50  

       Part I Inspirations and Influences  

2         Interview with Caryl Phillips 

3         Interview with Chrisila Maida 

4         Infamous Daughters: A Capsule Collection Inspired by Wide Sargasso Sea 

5         Wide Sargasso Sea Then and Now: Reading Jean  Rhys à la mode 

6         After Mrs Rochester: On Portraying Jean Rhys Onstage 

7         Interview with James Thackara  

       Part II Framing the Text  

8         Who Writes for the Trees?: Wide Sargasso Sea, the Dominican Forest, and Its Parrots 

9         Jean Rhys Getting the "Feel" of the West Indies in Wide Sargasso Sea

10     "Broken Parts": Wide Sargasso Sea and the Poetics of Caribbean Modernism

Part III Sex and Gender

11      #Metoo in Wide Sargasso Sea

12     The Lineaments of Life and Death: Desire, Sexuality and Manhood in Wide Sargasso Sea

13     Vulnerability and Authenticity: The Wisdom of Wide Sargasso Sea

       Part IV In Dialogue with Wide Sargasso Sea 

14     "I so wanted to hand Emma a copy of Wide Sargasso Sea": Wide Sargasso Sea and Contemporary Re-workings of Jane Eyre

15     Encryption as Transmission: The Secret Gardens of Wide Sargasso Sea

16     Burning Down Her Master's House (Again): Marlon James Responds to Jean Rhys

        Index