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Zusatztext ... a welcome and significant addition to the recent book-length studies of Charlotte Brontë's work. Klappentext This stimulating study considers how Charlotte Bronte's writings engage with a whole range of issues in their time. Through a series of new readings of ostensibly well-known texts! Heather Glen reveals a Charlotte Bronte more alert to her historical moment and far more aesthetically sophisticated than she has usually been taken to be. Zusammenfassung This stimulating study considers how Charlotte Brontë's writings engage with a whole range of issues in their time. Through a series of new readings of ostensibly well-known texts, Heather Glen reveals a Charlotte Brontë more alert to her historical moment and far more aesthetically sophisticated than she has usually been taken to be. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: The mighty phantasm 2: 'Calculated abruptness': The Professor 3: Triumph and jeopardy: the shape of Jane Eyre 4: 'Dreadful to me': Jane Eyre and history (1) 5: 'Incident, life, fire, feeling': Jane Eyre and history (2) 6: The terrible handwriting: Shirley 7: 'Entirely bewildered': Villette and history (1) 8: 'The prism of pain': Villette and history (2) Epilogue Index
