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Loneliness is an enduring theme across art, music and literature. What makes us lonely, and how can we address it as a society?
A new biography of Jean Rhys, the Dominican-born author of Wide Sargasso Sea, pays close attention to her origins – but stops short of examining the colonial relations that are central to her story.
Huge blooms of brown seaweed have fouled Florida and Caribbean beaches almost every year over the past decade. They originate in Africa and South America. and are fueled by human activities.
Jean Rhys’s prequel to Jane Eyre explores the monstrous figure of Rochester’s mad wife Bertha, prompting readers to think about the racialised legacies of colonialism.
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Professor of Coastal Science, Florida International University
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Professor of English, School of the Arts and Media, UNSW
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Emeritus Professor of English, La Trobe University
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Visiting Research Fellow, Department of English and Creative Writing, Adelaide University
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Vice Chancellor's Fellow, English literature, University of Sydney