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Bluebeard gothic : Jane Eyre and its progeny / Heta Pyrhönen.

By: Publication details: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2010 2010)Description: 1 online resource (viii, 277 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442686748
  • 144268674X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 823/.8
LOC classification:
  • PR4167.J5 P97 2010eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Jane Eyre as a 'Bluebeard' tale -- Testifying to Bluebeard's atrocities : the woman (author) as witness -- Romance, perversion, and Bluebeard gothic -- Faith, ritual, and sacrifice : rewriting the religious foundation of Jane Eyre -- Farewell, Charlotte Brontë! Angela Carter's 'Bluebeard' tales and the anxiety of influence -- Conclusion : a way out.
Summary: Using psychoanalysis as the primary model of textual analysis, Bluebeard Gothic focuses on the conjunction of religion, sacrifice, and scapegoating to provide an original interpretation of a canonical and frequently-studied text.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Jane Eyre as a 'Bluebeard' tale -- Testifying to Bluebeard's atrocities : the woman (author) as witness -- Romance, perversion, and Bluebeard gothic -- Faith, ritual, and sacrifice : rewriting the religious foundation of Jane Eyre -- Farewell, Charlotte Brontë! Angela Carter's 'Bluebeard' tales and the anxiety of influence -- Conclusion : a way out.

Using psychoanalysis as the primary model of textual analysis, Bluebeard Gothic focuses on the conjunction of religion, sacrifice, and scapegoating to provide an original interpretation of a canonical and frequently-studied text.

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