{"product_id":"9781442698888","title":"Bluebeard Gothic: Jane Eyre and its Progeny","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Bluebeard,' the tale of a sadistic husband who murders his wives and locks away their bodies, has inspired hundreds of adaptations since it first appeared in 1697. In \u003cem\u003eBluebeard Gothic\u003c\/em\u003e, Heta Pyrhönen argues that Charlotte Brontë's 1847 classic \u003cem\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/em\u003e can be seen as one such adaptation, and that although critics have been slow to realize the connection, authors rewriting Brontë's novel have either intuitively or intentionally seized on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePyrhönen begins by establishing that the story of Jane Eyre is intermingled with the 'Bluebeard' tale, as young Jane moves between households, each dominated by its own Bluebeard figure. She then considers rewritings of \u003cem\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/em\u003e, such as Jean Rhys' \u003cem\u003eWide Sargasso Sea\u003c\/em\u003e (1966) and Diane Setterfield's \u003cem\u003eThe Thirteenth Tale\u003c\/em\u003e (2006), to examine how novelists have interpreted the status and meaning of 'Bluebeard' in Brontë's novel. Using psychoanalysis as the primary model of textual analysis, \u003cem\u003eBluebeard Gothic\u003c\/em\u003e focuses on the conjunction of religion, sacrifice, and scapegoating to provide an original interpretation of a canonical and frequently-studied text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128229576944,"sku":"9781442698888","price":43.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781442698888_p0.jpg?v=1763807895","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781442698888","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}