More Brontë-related psychoanalytical research:
Giuseppe Giordano MD, Department of Mental Health, ASL 2 Azienda sociosanitaria ligure, Savona, Italy
International Journal on Studies in English Language and Literature (IJSELL), Volume 11, Issue 8, August 2023, pp 1-6
Agnes Grey is a novel written by Anne Brontë which describes the condition of a young girl, the daughter of a curate, who works as a governess at the service of two middle-class families in Victorian England. Being employed as a governess was very hard and demanding because of the challenges and difficulties these young girls had to tolerate and manage. In this paper, the role of the governess will be analysed from a psychoanalytical perspective in order to better comprehend the mental distress and emotional strain that caused so much concern at the time, particularly for the writers who depicted the condition of these educators. Sigmund Freud’s theories of mental functioning will therefore be useful to the investigation of the role of the Victorian governess as illustrated by the youngest of the Brontë sisters in her autobiographical novel. In the end, the contribution of psychoanalysis to this literary work provides a further understanding of the psychological and social problems of the Victorian governess.
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