A "Jezebel" or a further "madwoman in the attic" in Caroline Lee Hentz's "The Planter's Northern Bride"

  • This article examines striking similarities between stereotypical characters in Caroline Lee Hentz's US-American plantation novel "The Planter's Northern Bride" (1854), and Charlotte Brontë's classic "Jane Eyre" (1847). Especially, a connection can be made between Hentz's Italian "Madwoman in the attic" Claudia, and Brontë's transatlantic Caribbean counterpart Bertha. An intersectional methodology performed through a close reading will show how both women are literally and metaphorically trapped within spaces and stereotypes. This article transfers imagology into a global setting while extending its scope beyond investigating national characteristics.

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Author:Karin Andersson
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-710626
URL:https://brill.com/downloadpdf/book/9789004513150/BP000026.pdf
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004513150_017
ISBN:978-90-04-51315-0
ISBN:978-90-04-45012-7
ISSN:0927-4065
Parent Title (English):New perspectives on imagology / edited by Katharina Edtstadler, Sandra Folie and Gianna Zocco ; Studia Imagologica ; 30
Publisher:Brill
Place of publication:Leiden ; Boston
Document Type:Part of a Book
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2024/04/08
Year of first Publication:2022
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2024/04/08
Tag:Hentz, Caroline L.: The planter's northern bride
Intersectionality; Jezebel; Plantation novel; Southern Belle
GND Keyword:Hentz, Caroline L.; Brontë, Charlotte; Jane Eyre; USA / Südstaaten <Motiv>; Plantage <Motiv>; Frauenbild; Wahnsinn <Motiv>; Intersektionalität
Page Number:22
First Page:312
Last Page:329
Dewey Decimal Classification:8 Literatur / 80 Literatur, Rhetorik, Literaturwissenschaft / 800 Literatur und Rhetorik
8 Literatur / 81 Amerikanische Literatur in Englisch / 810 Amerikanische Literatur in Englisch
8 Literatur / 82 Englische, altenglische Literaturen / 820 Englische, altenglische Literaturen
Sammlungen:CompaRe | Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft
CompaRe | Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft / Leibniz-Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung, Berlin
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY-NC - Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell 4.0 International