Understanding Jane Eyre : a student casebook to issues, sources, and historical documents / / Debra Teachman

• Autore: Teachman Debra <1955->
• Pubblicazione: Westport, Conn. : , : Greenwood Press, , 2001; London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (231 p.)
• Disciplina: 823/.8
• Soggetto topico: Literature and history - England - History - 19th century - Sources; Governesses in literature
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- The Greenwood Press "Literature in Context" Series -- UNDERSTANDING Jane Eyre -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Literary Analysis: Jane Eyre -- LOCATIONS -- THE DOUBLE -- THE COUSINS -- TEACHERS -- THE MEN IN JANE'S LIFE -- THE WOMEN IN JANE'S LIFE -- NATURE VERSUS CIVILIZATION -- CONCLUSION -- TOPICS FOR WRITTEN OR ORAL EXPLORATION -- SUGGESTED READINGS -- 2 Education for Victorian Girls -- THE CHARITY SCHOOL -- MRS. SARAH TRIMMER -- FROM MRS. SARAH TRIMMER, THE ECONOMY OF CHARITY -- OR, AN ADDRESS TO LADIES -- ADAPTED TO THE PRESENT STATE OF CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS IN ENGLAND (London, 1801) -- THE GENTEEL BOARDING SCHOOL -- FRANCES POWER COBBE -- FROM FRANCES POWER COBBE, LIFE OF FRANCES POWER COBBE, AS TOLD BY HERSELF (London, 1904) -- HANNAH LYNCH -- FROM HANNAH LYNCH, AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A CHILD (New York, 1899) -- ELIZABETH GASKELL -- FROM ELIZABETH GASKELL, THE LIFE OF CHARLOTTE BRONTË (London, 1857) -- A REPORT ON THE STATE OF GIRLS' BOARDING SCHOOLS -- "AN ENQUIRY INTO THE STATE OF GIRLS' FASHIONABLE SCHOOLS" (Fraser's Magazine, June 1845) -- MORALITY AND PROPRIETY IN GIRLS' EDUCATION -- HANNAH MORE -- FROM HANNAH MORE, STRICTURES ON THE MODERN SYSTEM OF FEMALE EDUCATION (London, 1799) -- THOMAS GISBORNE -- FROM THOMAS GISBORNE, AN ENQUIRY INTO THE DUTIES OF THE FEMALE SEX (London, 1797) -- WILLIAM DUFF -- FROM WILLIAM DUFF, LETTERS ON THE INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL CHARACTER OF WOMEN (Aberdeen, 1807) -- TOPICS FOR WRITTEN OR ORAL EXPLORATION -- SUGGESTED READINGS -- 3 The Governess in Nineteenth-Century England -- M. MOSTYN BIRD -- FROM M. MOSTYN BIRD, WOMAN AT WORK: A STUDY OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS OF EARNING A LIVING OPEN TO WOMEN (London, 1911) -- MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT. ; FROM MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT, THOUGHTS ON THE EDUCATION OF DAUGHTERS, WITH REFLECTIONS ON FEMALE CONDUCT IN THE MORE IMPORTANT DUTIES OF LIFE (London, 1787) -- ADVICE TO GOVERNESSES -- FROM ADVICE TO GOVERNESSES (London, 1827) -- SARAH LEWIS -- FROM SARAH LEWIS, "ON THE SOCIAL POSITION OF GOVERNESSES" (Fraser's Magazine, April 1848). -- ANNE BRONTË -- FROM ANNE BRONTË, AGNES GREY (London, 1847) -- ELIZABETH GASKELL ON CHARLOTTE BRONTË -- FROM ELIZABETH GASKELL, THE LIFE OF CHARLOTTE BRONTË (London, 1857) -- TOPICS FOR WRITTEN OR ORAL EXPLORATION -- SUGGESTED READINGS -- 4 Madness and Victorian Women: Diagnosis and Treatment -- DR. HENRY MAUDSLEY -- FROM HENRY MAUDSLEY, BODY AND MIND (London, 1873) -- FROM HENRY MAUDSLEY, RESPONSIBILITY IN MENTAL DISEASE (London, 1874) -- SIR ALEXANDER MORISON -- FROM ALEXANDER MORISON, OUTLINES OF MENTAL DISEASES (Edinburgh, 1824) -- WILLIAM WILLIS MOSELEY -- FROM WILLIAM WILLIS MOSELEY, ELEVEN CHAPTERS ON NERVOUS AND MENTAL COMPLAINTS (London, 1838) -- ANDREW WYNTER -- FROM ANDREW WYNTER, THE BORDERLANDS OF INSANITY (London, 1875) -- GEORGE MAN BURROWS -- FROM GEORGE MAN BURROWS, COMMENTARIES ON INSANITY (London, 1828) -- JAMES COWLES PRICHARD -- FROM JAMES COWLES PRICHARD, A TREATISE ON INSANITY (London, 1833) -- ROBERT BRUDENELL CARTER -- FROM ROBERT BRUDENELL CARTER, ON THE PATHOLOGY AND TREATMENT OF HYSTERIA (London, 1853) -- JOHN HASLAM -- FROM JOHN HASLAM, CONSIDERATIONS ON THE MORAL MANAGEMENT OF INSANE PERSONS (London, 1817) -- ROBERT GARDINER HILL -- FROM ROBERT GARDINER HILL, TOTAL ABOLITION OF PERSONAL RESTRAINT IN THE TREATMENT OF THE INSANE (London, 1839) -- JOHN MILLAR -- FROM JOHN MILLAR, HINTS ON INSANITY (London, 1861) -- BETHLEHEM HOSPITAL -- ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL -- TOPICS FOR ORAL OR WRITTEN EXPLORATION -- SUGGESTED READINGS -- 5 Inheritance and Marriage Law and Custom. ; GEORGE C. BRODRICK -- FROM GEORGE C. BRODRICK, ENGLISH LAND AND ENGLISH LANDLORDS: AN ENQUIRY INTO THE ORIGINS AND CHARACTER OF THE ENGLISH LAND SYSTEM, WITH PROPOSALS FOR ITS REFORM (London, 1881) -- SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE -- FROM SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE, COMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND (London, 1765) -- WILLIAM ALEXANDER -- FROM WILLIAM ALEXANDER, THE HISTORY OF WOMEN FROM THE EARLIEST ANTIQUITY, TO THE PRESENT TIME (London, 1779) -- SIR FREDERICK POLLOCK AND FREDERIC WILLIAM MAITLAND -- FROM SIR FREDERICK POLLOCK AND FREDERIC WILLIAM MAITLAND, THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH LAW BEFORE THE TIME OF EDWARD I (London, 1898) -- TOPICS FOR WRITTEN OR ORAL EXPLORATION -- SUGGESTED READINGS -- 6 Jane Eyre: Issues in the Twenty-first Century -- POPULAR MEDIA AND JANE EYRE -- MARRIAGE LAW IN TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES -- WOMEN AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE IN TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES -- EDUCATION FOR GIRLS IN TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES -- TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -- TOPICS FOR WRITTEN OR ORAL EXPLORATION -- SUGGESTED READINGS AND MEDIA -- POPULAR MEDIA AND JANE EYRE -- Film, Television, and Stage Productions -- Internet Sites -- MARRIAGE LAW IN TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES -- WOMEN AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE IN TWENTY-FIRST- CENTURY ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES -- EDUCATION FOR GIRLS IN TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES -- TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -- Index -- About the Author.
• Titolo autorizzato: Understanding Jane Eyre
• ISBN: 979-82-16-02952-6; 1-280-70830-1; 9786610708307; 0-313-00711-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812904203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Greenwood Press "Literature in context" series.