Euphemism's usefulness: elusive eros in the novels of Charlotte Brontë
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Sharon E. Kelly (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Mary Ellis Gibson
Abstract: In this project, I examine the uses of euphemistic language and concealed erotic content in Charlotte Brontë's novels Villette and Jane Eyre with additional support from Shirley. Based on historicized readings of repression, I argue that the author includes non-traditional gender roles and sexualities in her novels to question the status quo. Because of the culture of publishing in the mid-nineteenth century, however, she was not free to write openly about sexual activities. Instead, Brontë used figurative language and sensual imagery to convey non-traditional gender performance and moments of eroticism.
Euphemism's usefulness: elusive eros in the novels of Charlotte Brontë
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Thesis
- Language: English
- Date: 2011
- Keywords
- Brontë, Charlottes, Erotic, Euphemism, Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette
- Subjects
- Euphemism
- Eroticism in literature
- Brontë, Charlotte, $d 1816-1855. $t Jane Eyre
- Brontë, Charlotte, $d 1816-1855. $t Villette