Janet Frame in Focus

<p> New Zealand author Janet Frame (1924-2004) during her lifetime published 11 novels three collections of short stories a volume of poetry and a children's book.</p><p> The details of her life--her tragic early years her confinement in a psychiatric hospital and her miraculous reprieve--overshadow her work and she remains largely neglected by scholars.</p><p> These essays focus on Frame's autobiography short stories and novels. Contributors from around the world explore a range of topics including her mother's Christadelphian faith her relationships with two 20th century icons (William Theophilus Brown and John Money) and a view of Frame in the context of trauma studies. Two of the essays were presented at the 2014 Northeast Modern Language Association convention.</p>