Jane Eyre

Overlooked or dismissed by critics in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Jane Eyre first began to attract serious critical attention in the 1970s as New Critical, formalist and feminist critics began to re-evaluate Charlotte Bronte''s achievement. This New Casebook brings together essays by leading scholars over the past twenty years, encouraging the student to consider a range of different critical approaches.>

Table des matières

Acknowledgements
General Editors' Preface
Introduction; H.Glen
Jane Eyre and 'The Warped System of Things'; D.Roberts
Jane Eyre's Interior Design; K.Chase
Charlotte Bronte: Feminine Heroine; E.Showalter
Jane Eyre Classified; J.Politi
Colonialism and the Figurative Strategy of Jane Eyre; S.Meyer
Jane Eyre; P.Boumelha
Dreaming of Children: Literalization in Jane Eyre; M.Homans
The Anathematized Race: The Governess and Jane Eyre; M.Poovey
Feminity: Missing in Action; E.Bronfen
Charlotte Bronte's 'Tale Half-Told': The Disruption of Narrative Structure in Jane Eyre; P.A.Dale
Closing the Book: The Intertextual End of Jane Eyre; C.Williams
Further Reading
Notes on Contributors
Index.

A propos de l'auteur

Heather Glen

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Charlotte Bronte, Heather Glen
• Collaboration: Heathe Glen (Editeur), Heather Glen (Editeur)
• Edition: Macmillan
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 07.04.1997
• EAN: 9780333622469
• ISBN: 978-0-333-62246-9
• Pages: 264
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 217 mm x 16 mm
• Thèmes: New Casebooks; New Casebooks S; New Casebooks
• Catégories: Littérature > Poésie, théâtre; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée