Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" (Critical Studies of Key Texts) - Softcover

Nestor, Pauline

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0745008992 ISBN 13: 9780745008998

Verlag: Prentice-Hall, 1992

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This work provides a new feminist reading of Charlotte Bronte's classic text, "Jane Eyre". While acknowledging the force of earlier "heroic" readings which saw the novel as an epic of female self-discovery, Nestor draws on recent developments in critical theory to uncover more disturbing elements which undermine the notion of a novel of progress and reveal ways in which the text can be seen as profoundly regressive; a fantasy of completeness and power which may be understood in terms of a retreat to the psychoanalytic imaginary. This study examines three major concerns of feminist analysis - motherhood, sexuality and identity - and explores the novel's deep ambivalence in each area. Throughout, Pauline Nestor sets up a dialogue between "first" and "second" wave feminist readings as a way of offering a more inclusive reading; one strengthened by its engagement with the more disconcerting aspects of the text. Nestor demonstrates clearly how new critical theories can offer illuminating perspectives on canonical texts.

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• Verlag: Prentice-Hall
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0745008992
• ISBN 13: 9780745008998
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 144