Wednesday, August 26, 2009

"Currer Bell", Charlotte Bronte's alias under the original printing of Jane Eyre, accomplished the feat of creating a versatile name under which creates a completely unbiased approach that leaves the reader with his or her own opinions, without being swayed one way or another just because of the gender of the author. Charlotte Bronte also cleverly published the novel with Currer Bell as the editor, not the author. This makes i even harder for the reader to try and distinguish what the author was trying to express. As a duel-gendered named, in a primarily male ruled society, where the rich got richer and the poor stayed poor, Charlotte Bronte was able to make strong social statements that wouldn't be accepted if readers knew that the author was in fact a women.
In the novel Jane Eyre, a extremely poor young women with a miserable life growing up, manages to become extremely wealthy and marry a rich and respectable man. They both are passionate and in love with each other rather than a marriage based off of social roles. These ideas are fairly revolutionary for the time. They would've been even more upsetting to the general population of the period if it was known to be Charlotte Bronte to have been the author.
-Nathan Sheridan

1 comment:

  1. They were indeed very upsetting to a number of contemporary critics.

    What strategy does Bell employ to dissuade or deter those critics? What claim is he making before the fact?

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