{"product_id":"charlotte-bronts-world-of-death-robert-keefe-9780292768918","title":"Charlotte Brontë's World of Death","description":"\u003cp\u003e By the age of eight, Charlotte Brontë had lost first her mother and then her two older sisters. Later, in a second wave of deaths, her brother and two younger sisters died, leaving her a sole survivor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e With subtlety and imagination, Robert Keefe examines Brontë's works as the creative response to these losses, particularly the loss of her mother. Terrified and yet fascinated by death, struggling with guilt, remorse, and a deep sense of rejection, Charlotte Brontë found in art a way to come to terms with death through its symbolic reenactment. In her earlier writings she created a fictional world marked by devices that allow her to control or deny death. In her later works these mechanisms evolved into mature expressions of a profound psychological reality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Brontë's preoccupation with death is seen in her fiction in the recurring patterns of separation and exile. Keefe traces the development of these motifs in the juvenilia and the four novels: \u003ci\u003eThe Professor\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/i\u003e, Shirley, and \u003ci\u003eVillette\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Unique in its emphasis on the maternal relationships in Brontë's life and art, this study also explores certain aspects of her life that have often puzzled biographers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Keefe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292768915\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292768918\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d","brand":"Robert Keefe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44119529783551,"sku":"9780292768918","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_79c2a769-a3a3-49ec-8a80-12fca7d25fd9.jpg?v=1687409809","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/charlotte-bronts-world-of-death-robert-keefe-9780292768918","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}