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Brontë's Jane EyreA Wuthering Heights reading guide will be released in the same collection next year (see our sidebar for further details).
by Zoe Brennan
* Imprint: Continuum
* Series: Reader's Guides
* Pub. date: 21 Oct 2010
* ISBN: 9781847062611 (160 pages, paperback)
* ISBN: 9781847062604 (hardcover)
An accessible guide to Jane Eyre that explores its literary and historical contexts and discusses its critical reception.
Description
Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre is one of the most famous literary works of the nineteenth century and has inspired generations of students. This concise but comprehensive guide to the text introduces its contexts, language, reception and adaptation from its first publication to the present. It includes points for discussion, suggestions for further study and an annotated guide to relevant reading. This introduction to the text is the ideal companion to study, offering guidance on:
• Literary and historical context
• Language, style and form
• Reading the text
• Critical reception and publishing history
• Adaptation and interpretation
• Further reading
Table of Contents
1. Contexts \ 2. Language, Style and Form \ 3. Reading Jane Eyre \ 4. Critical Reception and Publishing History \ 5. Adaptation, interpretation and influence \ 6. Guide to Further Reading \ Index
Zoe Brennan is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of the West of England, UK.
This is pretty cool. I'm studying Jane Eyre right now. I love it because I love doppelgangers and am exploring Bertha as Jane's doppleganger. Fun!
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