What is it about?
In her four mature novels, Charlotte Brontë treats biblical material with unprecedented freedom (especially for a woman) in order to create new possibilities for her female protagonists in a male-dominated world.
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Why is it important?
This work marks a departure from traditional ways of interpreting Brontë's use of biblical material by viewing her as a radical proto-feminist.
Perspectives
Based on a paper I presented at the Brontë Society Conference meeting at Cambridge University in 2011, this work is special to me because it was my first opportunity to share my ideas directly, in real-time, with other Brontë scholars and fans. A more extensive study of Brontë's biblical reinscription in all four of her mature novels can be found in my book Charlotte Brontë's Atypical Typology (Peter Lang 2010).
Dr Keith A Jenkins
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This page is a summary of: Bricolage, Brontë Style: Atypical Typology inJane Eyre, Brontë Studies, November 2012, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1179/1474893212z.00000000036.
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Charlotte Bronte's Atypical Typology
This is the larger published work from which the presentation was drawn. Bronte's radical, proto-feminist use of biblical material in all four of her mature novels is examined.
A review of Charlotte Brontë’s Atypical Typology by Keith A. Jenkins
Review of my book by George P. Landow
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