A new paper, published online:
Elizabeth Apple, Duke University, Durham
This paper examines Helen Burns’ theological ideology in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre as a nuanced resistance to the biopolitical and disciplinary regimes of nineteenth-century charity schools, particularly as exemplified at Lowood. Through close analysis of Helen’s position as an “excess” figure within Lowood’s population—marked by her lack of social function and perceived disposability—the essay traces how Brontë’s novel rehearses Michel Foucault’s concepts of biopower and the strategic management of life and death within institutional settings.
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