Seeking Wild Eyre: Victorian Attitudes Towards Landscape and the Environment in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre
Applying techniques from the growing field of ecocriticism, this article uses Jane Eyre to explore a growing environmental awareness among middle-class Victorians and demonstrate how their need to preserve a “wild” or “natural” landscape coincides with ideas of liberty and freedom prevalent in the n...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Data de publicação: | 2013 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universidad de Alcalá (UAH) |
| Repositório: | e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/20252 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://hdl.handle.net/10017/20252 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Nature Jane Eyre Victorian Landscape Freedom Naturaleza Victoriano Paisaje Libertad Literatura Medio ambiente Literature Environmental science |
| Resumo: | Applying techniques from the growing field of ecocriticism, this article uses Jane Eyre to explore a growing environmental awareness among middle-class Victorians and demonstrate how their need to preserve a “wild” or “natural” landscape coincides with ideas of liberty and freedom prevalent in the novel. By looking at Jane’s changing interactions with and interpretations of the natural world, we can gain a better understanding of the value and interpretation of landscape to the Victorians. In Jane Eyre, Jane’s journeys continually lead her to finding a way to balance her human wants and needs with the “wildness” of the natural world. |
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