Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1816-04-21 - 1855-03-31
Gender
- Females
Occupations
- Novelists -- Date: 1833 - 1855
- Poets -- Date: 1846
- Governesses -- Date: 1839 - 1841
Places
- Thornton (England) (Place of Birth)
- Haworth (England) (Place of Death)
- England (Associated Country)
- Haworth (England) (Residence)
Topics
Languages Used
- English
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
The Rochester mansion of Thornfield : an insane asylum for Victorian women, 2022
Item — Call number MU Thesis Ven
Identifier: b7930855
Abstract
In the following thesis, I'm going to explore the direct parallels of Victorian-era insane asylumns and the Rochester Mansion [sic] in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre. By applying a 21st century reading, my thesis will highlight the antifeminist qualities of Brontë's narrative as well as its flaws in terms of its textual dependency on racist and ablest applications without vilifying her work per se. However, I argue that the Rochester...
Dates:
2022