Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre", published in October 1847, was an immediate success, going into second and third printings by spring of 1848. Even Queen Victoria, according to her diary, read the story to Prince Albert until midnight. The tale of the...
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Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre", published in October 1847, was an immediate success, going into second and third printings by spring of 1848. Even Queen Victoria, according to her diary, read the story to Prince Albert until midnight. The tale of the "poor, obscure, plain, and little" governess, her brooding employer, Edward Rochester, and the madwoman secreted in the attic, "Jane Eyre" is considered a staple of Gothic and Victorian literature. Combining important critical essays from the previous edition with an abundance of new material, Bloom's "Modern Cri
Cover; Contents; Editor's Note; Introduction; Jane Eyre: Lurid Hieroglyphics; "Indian Ink": Colonialism and the Figurative Strategy of Jane Eyre; Thornfield and 'The Dream to Repose on': Jane Eyre; Jane Eyre and the Secrets of Furious Lovemaking; The Enigma of St John Rivers; St. John's Way and the Wayward Reader; Triumph and Jeopardy: The Shape of Jane Eyre; Fairies and Feminism; The Wild English Girl; Chronology; Contributors; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index;
