WAHRHEITEN UND WIRKLICHKEITEN: CHARLOTTE BRONTES AUSEINANDERSETZUNG MIT INDUSTRIALISIERUNG UND LUDDISMUS

Charlotte Brontë's novel Shirley (1849) has been attacked by literary critics both for its lack of structural and thematic unity and for its treatment of the industrial theme. In a close textual analysis of the motif of Luddism this paper tries to demonstrate that the apparent instability of th...

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Published in:Arbeiten aus Anglistik und Amerikanistik 1985-01, Vol.10 (1/2), p.165-187
Main Author: Diedrich, Maria
Format: Article
Language:ger
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Summary:Charlotte Brontë's novel Shirley (1849) has been attacked by literary critics both for its lack of structural and thematic unity and for its treatment of the industrial theme. In a close textual analysis of the motif of Luddism this paper tries to demonstrate that the apparent instability of the novel should not so much be seen as an evidence of the author's aesthetic failure, but as an expression of her search for new literary forms, which could correspond to her consciousness of the increasing inscrutability and complexity of the modern industrial society in which she lived.
ISSN:0171-5410