Charlotte Brontë and defensive conduct : the author and the body at risk /

In both her life and her art, Charlotte Bronte was alive to the difficulty of responding to attacks that are denied or under-acknowledged, so that any defense risks seeming defensive in our modern sense of the word: too quick to take offense or covertly aggressive. For some, Bronte's novels are...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gezari, Janet
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1992.
Temas:
Brontë, Charlotte, > 1816-1855 > Knowledge > Psychology.
Brontë, Charlotte, > 1816-1855
Brontë, Charlotte.
1800-1899
Psychological fiction, English > History and criticism.
Women and literature > England > History > 19th century.
Defensiveness (Psychology) in literature.
Conduct of life in literature.
Human body in literature.
Self in literature.
Femmes et littérature > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Morale pratique dans la littérature.
Corps humain dans la littérature.
Moi (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Conduct of life in literature
Defensiveness (Psychology) in literature
Human body in literature
Psychological fiction, English
Psychology
Self in literature
Women and literature
Abwehrmechanismus
Motiv
Literatur
England
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introductory: Defending and Being Defensive
  • 2. The Master's Hand: Vindictiveness and Vindication in The Professor
  • 3. In Defense of Vision: The Eye in Jane Eyre
  • 4. The "Mental Stomach" in Shirley: Digesting History
  • 5. The Performing Body: Villette After Wuthering Heights
  • 6. Masking the Self: Voice and Visibility in Villette.

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