Based on the 1848 third edition of Brontë's classic novel, this volume reprints the text of Jane Eyre accompanied by documents and illustrations that place the work in its historical context. Chosen to suggest the cross-fertilization of ideas characteristic of contemporary criticism, the essays approach Jane Eyre from Marxist (Terry Eagleton), feminist (Sandra M. Gilbert), and a combination of Marxist and feminist (Susan Fraiman) and feminist and disability studies (Elizabeth J.
Donaldson) perspectives, with a trio of essays (by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Erin O'Connor, and Deirdre David) debating postcolonial responses to the novel. The text, documents, and essays are complemented by biographical and critical introductions, bibliographies, and a glossary of critical and theoretical terms. New to the second edition : The section of cultural documents and illustrations is entirely new, as are the essays by Eagleton, Donaldson, Spivak, O'Connor, and David.
Throughout, the introductions have been updated and expanded.
Based on the 1848 third edition of Brontë's classic novel, this volume reprints the text of Jane Eyre accompanied by documents and illustrations that place the work in its historical context. Chosen to suggest the cross-fertilization of ideas characteristic of contemporary criticism, the essays approach Jane Eyre from Marxist (Terry Eagleton), feminist (Sandra M. Gilbert), and a combination of Marxist and feminist (Susan Fraiman) and feminist and disability studies (Elizabeth J.
Donaldson) perspectives, with a trio of essays (by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Erin O'Connor, and Deirdre David) debating postcolonial responses to the novel. The text, documents, and essays are complemented by biographical and critical introductions, bibliographies, and a glossary of critical and theoretical terms. New to the second edition : The section of cultural documents and illustrations is entirely new, as are the essays by Eagleton, Donaldson, Spivak, O'Connor, and David.
Throughout, the introductions have been updated and expanded.
