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1993
Approaches to Teaching Brontë's Jane Eyre
Diane Hoeveler
Marquette University, [email protected]
Beth Lau
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Hoeveler, Diane and Lau, Beth, "Approaches to Teaching Brontë's Jane Eyre " (1993). Books by Marquette University Faculty. Book 70.
http://epublications.marquette.edu/marq_fac-book/70
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The Modern Language Association of America
New York 1993
CONTENTS
Preface to the Series
vii
Preface to the Volume
viii
PART ONE: MATERIALS
Beth Lau
Introduction
Editions
Biography
Background Studies
Critical Studies
Aids to Teaching
Bibliographies
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4
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7
9
14
15
PART TWO: APPROACHES
Introduction
Diane Long Hoeveler
19
Teaching the Times and the Life
Jane Eyre and A Vindication oj the Rights oj Woman
James Diedrick
22
The Place of Jane Eyre in the Bronte Family Canon
29
Janet H. Freeman
Jane Eyre and Biography
Thomas L. JefJers
36
Jane Eyre and the Governess in Nineteenth-Century Britain
43
Mary Poovey
Teaching the Literary and Philosophical Traditions
Jane Eyre, Bertha, and the Female Gothic
Tamar Heller
49
"Beauty and the Beast": Growing Up with Jane Eyre
Phyllis C. Ralph
56
(jane Eyre and Christianity
\ Susan VanZanten Gallagher
62
{fane Eyre: Charlotte Bronte's New Bible
'-- Keith A. Jenkins
69
Teaching Specific Contexts
Jane Eyre and Narrative Voice .
John o. Jordan
76
Fire and Light in Jane Eyre
82
Mary Burgan
vi
CONTENTS
Contrast and Liminality: Structure and Antistructure
in Jane Eyre
Mark M. Hennelly, Jr.
Jane Eyre and Pictorial Representation
Margaret Goscilo
87
97
Jane Eyre and Imperialism
John Kucich
104
Jane Eyre and the Politics of Style
Dennis W. Allen
110
/ lane Eyre through the Body: Food, Sex, Discipline
\....: Diane Long Hoeveler
116
Jane Eyre as a Novel of Vindication
Bernard]. Paris
124
Jane Eyre and Family Systems Therapy
Jerome Bump
130
Rediscovering Jane Eyre through Its Adaptations
Donna Marie Nudd
139
Taking a Walk; or, Setting Forth from Gateshead
Robert L. Patten
148
A Kristevan Reading of the Marriage Plot in Jane Eyre
David Rosenwasser
154
Contributors and Survey Participants
162
Works Cited
Editions of Jane Eyre
Books and Articles
Films and Filmstrips
Recordings
163
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Index
177