A review, The Professor, Transmutable Dwellings and Collective Psychology

A review of Nick Holland's Emily Brontë: A Life in 20 Poems published in Women's Writing:

Amber Pouliot (2019) Emily Brontë: A Life in 20 Poems, Women's Writing, DOI: 10.1080/09699082.2019.1607154

And some papers and theses published around:

A Thematic Study of Charlotte Bronte’s The Professor (1857)
Ajaz Ahmad Sheikh, Alka Singh
International Journal of Research, Vol 5, No 23 (2018)

When the name of Charlotte Brontë is articulated nowadays, readers always bring her renowned novel “Jane Eyre” in discussion, but the aim of this paper is to focus on a different title, quite obscure when placed next to her other works: The Professor. The paper will analyze the features of The Professor and how Brontë approaches to these features throughout her career. Mainly the study will focus on the main themes of the novel, The Professor (1857). Such as Religion; its impact on Brontë’s strong Christian beliefs and her attitude for patriotism as well. The paper will also highlight the theme of gender issues in The Professor and Charlotte Brontë’s focus on the social aspects as well as its influence on the private side of human psyche and resulting isolation. Also how it can be crucial in changing the course of people’s lives will be discussed in the present paper.

Within and Without: Transmutable Dwellings in the Work of Mark Z. Danielewski, Charlotte Brontë, and Edgar Allan Poe
Henry, Meghan N. University of Louisiana at Lafayette, ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 2018

The Effect of Collective Psychology on the Mistreatment of Nineteenth-Century Women in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper"
Pallotta, Jessica, Université de Montréal

Collective psychology, at its core, is the study of the ways in which individuals act in group settings. An overview of various works written in the field of collective psychology brings forth an understanding of this phenomenon and how the behavior which ensues from its presence in a group or crowd can lead to devastating results. This thesis demonstrates how collective psychology was a primary cause for the mistreatment of women in the nineteenth century. This phenomenon is utilized as the basis for an analysis of literary works written by nineteenth-century women. More specifically, this study observes the influence of a patriarchal society on the behavior of individuals within society, as well as within their homes. This thesis explores literary examples that feature women who undergo various types of mistreatment based on the effects of collective psychology. I will consider Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre and Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” to demonstrate the important patterns of mistreatment which emerge due to the complex phenomenon of collective psychology. This analysis will demonstrate how the female characters from these works endure mistreatment by those closest to them because of the insidious presence of this phenomenon in their lives.