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'''''Sleep Has His House''''' (first published as '''''The House of Sleep''''' in New York by Double Day in 1947) is a 1948 by [[Anna Kavan]]. The novel is a dark [[bildungsroman|coming of age narrative]], <ref name = Kirkus/> which juxtaposes realistic semi-autobiographical accounting of life, with sections of subconscious wanderings. <ref name = Dalkey>{{Cite web| title = Anna Kavan | publisher = Dalkey Archive Press| url = http://www.dalkeyarchive.com/anna-kavan/|first = Kate| last = Zambreno}}</ref> |
'''''Sleep Has His House''''' (first published as '''''The House of Sleep''''' in New York by Double Day in 1947) is a 1948 by [[Anna Kavan]]. The novel is a dark [[bildungsroman|coming of age narrative]], <ref name = Kirkus/> which juxtaposes realistic semi-autobiographical accounting of life, with sections of subconscious wanderings. <ref name = Dalkey>{{Cite web| title = Anna Kavan | publisher = Dalkey Archive Press| url = http://www.dalkeyarchive.com/anna-kavan/|first = Kate| last = Zambreno}}</ref> |
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According to critic Kate Zambreno, the novel was neither a popular nor critical success, leading to the publisher [[Jonathan Cape]] dropping her as one of their authors.<ref name = Dalkey/>Kirkus Review, when reviewing a 1980 reprint of the novel, called its style as having a " dreamlike quality--often beautiful but generally less effective [than her earlier work]". |
According to critic Kate Zambreno, the novel was neither a popular nor critical success, leading to the publisher [[Jonathan Cape]] dropping her as one of their authors.<ref name = Dalkey/> Kirkus Review, when reviewing a 1980 reprint of the novel, called its style as having a " dreamlike quality--often beautiful but generally less effective [than her earlier work]".<ref name = Kirkus>{{Cite web| title = Review: Sleep has His House by Anna Kavan| url = https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/anna-kavan-5/sleep-has-his-house/|accessdate = October 16, 2015}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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==Further reading== |
==Further reading== |
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*{{Cite journal| doi = 10.1353/mfs.0.0915| issn = 1080-658X| volume = 40| issue = 2| pages = 253-277| last = Garrity| first = Jane| title = Nocturnal Transgressions in The House of Sleep: Anna Kavan's Maternal Registers| journal = MFS Modern Fiction Studies| date = 1994| url = https://muse.jhu.edu/journals/modern_fiction_studies/v040/40.2.garrity.html}} |
* {{Cite journal| doi = 10.1353/mfs.0.0915| issn = 1080-658X| volume = 40| issue = 2| pages = 253-277| last = Garrity| first = Jane| title = Nocturnal Transgressions in The House of Sleep: Anna Kavan's Maternal Registers| journal = MFS Modern Fiction Studies| date = 1994| url = https://muse.jhu.edu/journals/modern_fiction_studies/v040/40.2.garrity.html}} |
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Revision as of 18:45, 2 January 2016
Sleep Has His House (first published as The House of Sleep in New York by Double Day in 1947) is a 1948 by Anna Kavan. The novel is a dark coming of age narrative, [1] which juxtaposes realistic semi-autobiographical accounting of life, with sections of subconscious wanderings. [2]
According to critic Kate Zambreno, the novel was neither a popular nor critical success, leading to the publisher Jonathan Cape dropping her as one of their authors.[2] Kirkus Review, when reviewing a 1980 reprint of the novel, called its style as having a " dreamlike quality--often beautiful but generally less effective [than her earlier work]".[1]
References
- ^ a b "Review: Sleep has His House by Anna Kavan". Retrieved October 16, 2015.
- ^ a b Zambreno, Kate. "Anna Kavan". Dalkey Archive Press.
Further reading
- Garrity, Jane (1994). "Nocturnal Transgressions in The House of Sleep: Anna Kavan's Maternal Registers". MFS Modern Fiction Studies. 40 (2): 253–277. doi:10.1353/mfs.0.0915. ISSN 1080-658X.
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