Jane Eyre and Feminist Theory

A scholar book with Brontë-related content:

Literature and the Development of Feminist TheoryEditor: Robin Truth Goodman
Cambridge University Press
November 2015
ISBN: 9781107126084

Literature and the Development of Feminist Theory offers an insightful look at the development of feminist theory through a literary lens. Stressing the significance of feminism's origins in the European Enlightenment, this book traces the literary careers of feminism's major thinkers in order to elucidate the connection of feminist theoretical production to literary work. In addition to considering such well-known authors as Mary Wollstonecraft, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Simone de Beauvoir and Hélène Cixous, this book also reflects on the lasting influence of postcolonialism, liberalism, and specific genres such as science fiction and modernist poetry. Written by leading scholars and focusing on the literary trajectories of feminism's noted contributors, Literature and the Development of Feminist Theory ultimately provides a new perspective on feminism's theoretical context, bringing into view the effects of literary form on the growth of feminist thought.

Includes the chapter:  "Jane Eyre, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, and the varieties of nineteenth-century feminism" by Margaret Homans.