Description:
A collection of essays on the work of Djuna Barnes, including her early journalism, poetry, prose, visual art, and drama.
Brief description: Elizabeth Pender has taught English literature at the Universities of Sydney and Cambridge. She is currently based at the University of Sydney.
Review Quotes:
"Shattered Objects is an embarrassment of riches: Barnes and affect studies; Barnes and film studies; Barnes and animal studies; Barnes and queer studies. I could go on and on with its generous contributions, but let it be said that, for once and for all, this collection proves her to be a supreme modernist amongst her towering peers. Across these super-sharp pieces she now shines brightest in that grand constellation of twentieth-century experimental art."
--Scott Herring, author of The Hoarders: Material Deviance in Modern American Culture