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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807422003321

Autore

Pyrhönen Heta <1960->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

1-4426-9888-8

1-4426-8674-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Disciplina

823/.8

Soggetti

Bluebeard (Legendary character) in literature

Religion in literature

Sacrifice in literature

Scapegoat in literature

Critiques litteraires.

Literary criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.