Charlotte Bronte and Sexuality - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0521335876 ISBN 13: 9780521335874

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Riassunto

This book raises fundamental questions about our understanding of Victorian sexuality.

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Recensione

'In Charlotte Brontë and Sexuality, John Maynard joins his deep understanding of the social history of the period with a full analysis of the surviving biographical information and Brontë's fiction to show how she was able to 'develop an art that examines fully the complexities of sexual experience' that justified 'the sexual life against prudes and sceptics alike' .' Donald H. Reiman, Studies of English Literature

'Maynard should be particularly commended for arguing against 'the tendency' of Victorianists, in his words, 'to diminish Brontë's work into a mere personal expression of despair over her early traumatic experiences, whether of sexual conflict, or of loss and of rage at her role as a woman in a patriarchal society'. Against this tendency, Maynard seems to offer an admirable alternative when he makes her fiction objectify Brontë's maturing self-awareness.' Nancy Armstrong, Victorian Studies

Descrizione del libro

This book raises fundamental questions about our understanding of Victorian sexuality. Charlotte Brontë was no 'other Victorian' living out a secret life in a sexual underworld, but she did centre her life's work on exploring the complexities of our sexual nature.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521335876
• ISBN 13: 9780521335874
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 276
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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