{"product_id":"charlotte-brontes-world-of-death-paperback-softback-9780292768918","title":"Charlotte Brontë's World of Death (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292768918","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCharlotte Brontë's World of Death\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert Keefe (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292768918, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 January 1979\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e246 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.3 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e By the age of eight, Charlotte BrontË had lost first her mother and then her two older sisters. Later, in a second wave of deaths, her brother and two younger sisters died, leaving her a sole survivor. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e With subtlety and imagination, Robert Keefe examines BrontË’s works as the creative response to these losses, particularly the loss of her mother. Terrified and yet fascinated by death, struggling with guilt, remorse, and a deep sense of rejection, Charlotte BrontË found in art a way to come to terms with death through its symbolic reenactment. In her earlier writings she created a fictional world marked by devices that allow her to control or deny death. In her later works these mechanisms evolved into mature expressions of a profound psychological reality. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e BrontË’s preoccupation with death is seen in her fiction in the recurring patterns of separation and exile. Keefe traces the development of these motifs in the juvenilia and the four novels: \u003ci\u003eThe Professor\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/i\u003e, Shirley, and \u003ci\u003eVillette\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Unique in its emphasis on the maternal relationships in BrontË’s life and art, this study also explores certain aspects of her life that have often puzzled biographers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introduction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter One. Silence and Language: A Meditation on Charlotte BrontË\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Two. Death and Art: Juvenilia \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Three. Possession:\u003ci\u003e The Professor\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Four. Innocence: \u003ci\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Five. Emptiness: \u003ci\u003eShirley\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Six. Exile: \u003ci\u003eVillette\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Epilogue \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Notes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bibliography \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530886967576,"sku":"9780292768918","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/charlotte-brontes-world-of-death-paperback-softback-9780292768918","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}