"I want what it hides" The Role of Imperialist Imagination in Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

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Published: Dec 19, 2025
Keywords:
objectification, Power, Truth, Imperialism

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Shyrah Barnaby
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An analysis of the Man as an Imperial figure in Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea, focusing on how he uses the fictional text, The Glittering Coronet Isles, to 'right' power relations and confirm the superiority of imperialist knowledge and imaginations.

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Vol. 2 (2025)
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