 | Charlotte Bronte and Defensive Conduct: The Author and the Body at Risk Subjects: Brontë Charlotte 1816–1855 -- Knowledge -- Psychology; Defensiveness (Psychology) in literature; Conduct of life in literature; Body Human in literature; Self in literature; Janet Gezari seeks to revise our sense of Charlotte Bronte's life by turning attention from its familiar romantic circumstances to its less familiar practical circumstances. They reveal a woman more embattled, contentious, and resilient, though no less passionate, than the more familiar trembling soul. Gezari Janet : Janet Gezari is the Lucretia L. Allyn Professor of English at Connecticut College. |
