Between Two Episodes of an Eastern Tale: Charlotte Bronte as a Self-conscious Artist
Sadiq, Ebtisam Ali . 1995
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This article is a reaction against Charlotte Bronte’s criticism that reads her work either within a biographical context or a reactionary objective framework. The article examines the author’s borrowing of a certain episode in an Eastern tale for her novel Villette and claims Bronte as a self-conscious artist. She works in deliberate awareness of self, text and reader.
Marmaduke Pickthall is a British novelist who converted to Islam, translated the Quran and wrote profusely about the Arab world. He had an early warm reception in the literary circles of his time…
The thesis tackles Charlotte Bronte's deep interest in the East as reflected in her four major novels, The Professor, Jane Eyre, Shirley and Villette. Starting…