Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part One. Masquerades

1. Modernist Crosscurrents

2. Countertexts, Countercommunities

Part Two. Marooned

3. Wide Sargasso Sea: Obeah Nights

4. Voyage in the Dark: Carnival/Consciousness

Part Three. Other Women

5. Voyage in the Dark: The Other Great War

6. Quartet: “Postures,” Possession, and Point of View

7. After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie: Repetition and Counterromance

8. Good Morning, Midnight: The Paris Exhibition and the Paradox of Style

Conclusion: “World’s End and a Beginning”

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index