'A brilliancy of their own': Female Art, Beauty and Sexuality in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre. (2nd October 2018)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- 'A brilliancy of their own': Female Art, Beauty and Sexuality in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre. (2nd October 2018)
- Main Title:
- 'A brilliancy of their own': Female Art, Beauty and Sexuality in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre
- Authors:
- Ioannou, Maria
- Abstract:
- Abstract : This article studies the portraits of Rosamond Oliver and Blanche Ingram in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, to argue that, first, the portraits participate in the nineteenth-century dialogue about women in art and, second, capture Jane's convictions on the theme of sexual love. This is especially so in the case of Rosamond's miniature, which comes at a point where Jane has resolved to choose a sexual union rather than a loveless marriage. In an important sense, Jane is Rosamond; the subject (artist) identifies with the object (model) in an equation of female beauty with agency and capacity for sexual feeling.
- Is Part Of:
- Brontë studies. Volume 43:Number 4(2018)
- Journal:
- Brontë studies
- Issue:
- Volume 43:Number 4(2018)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 43, Issue 4 (2018)
- Year:
- 2018
- Volume:
- 43
- Issue:
- 4
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2018-0043-0004-0000
- Page Start:
- 323
- Page End:
- 334
- Publication Date:
- 2018-10-02
- Subjects:
- art -- beauty -- female sexuality -- gender -- Jane Eyre -- Victorian periodicals
Periodicals
Criticism and interpretation -- Periodicals
Criticism and interpretation -- Periodicals
Criticism and interpretation -- Periodicals
Periodicals
823.8 - Journal URLs:
- http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?db=aph&jid=%22PK5%22&scope=site ↗
http://proxy.lib.iastate.edu:2048/login?url=http://www.ingentaselect.com/rpsv/cw/maney/14748932/contp1.htm ↗
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/maney/bst ↗
http://maneypublishing.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/14748932.2018.1502993 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1474-8932
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- Legaldeposit
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