| Title | 6. ‘The puzzle pieces fit too late’ |
|---|---|
| Subtitle | Posthumous Narratological Changes in Arthur Quiller-Couch and Daphne Du Maurier’s Castle Dor |
| Contributor | Claire Qu (author) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0426.06 |
| Landing page | https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0426/chapters/10.11647/obp.0426.06 |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
| Copyright | Claire Qu; |
| Publisher | Open Book Publishers |
| Published on | 2024-12-17 |
| Long abstract | Castle Dor (1962), a novel adaptation of the Tristan legend begun by Arthur Quiller-Couch (‘Q’) and posthumously completed by Daphne Du Maurier, is an unusual subject of study for both the fields of narratology and genetic criticism. This chapter compares the novel’s MS and published versions to provide a survey of its narratological changes over time. It attempts to reveal how both authors work with the story constraints of the Tristan legend and how Du Maurier’s adjustments to the temporal setting, narrative framing, focalisation, and characterisation of the MS smooth out its tonal dissonances and minimise digressions, while maintaining much of Q’s voice and vision. |
| Page range | pp. 91–110 |
| Print length | 20 pages |
| Language | English (Original) |
Claire Qu is a DPhil candidate at the University of Oxford, working on resource imaginaries in Gothic world literature. Her Master’s dissertation explored overlapping concepts of the domestic and the colonial in Victorian ghost stories by British and Australian women, and her Honour’s thesis analysed uncomfortable affects in Melmoth the Wanderer. Claire was introduced to the field of genetic narratology in a Master’s subject on bibliographical studies, and her chapter in this volume stems from the coursework for that subject.