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.
| Author: | Karin Andersson |
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| 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): |  Creative Commons - CC BY-NC - Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell 4.0 International |
