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Charlotte Brontë and Contagion: Myths, Memes, and the Politics of Infection by Jo Waugh is a literary studies available to read on EtoBox.
What is Charlotte Brontë and Contagion: Myths, Memes, and the Politics of Infection about?
This book argues for the significance of contagious disease in critical and biographical assessment of Charlotte Brontë’s work. Waugh argues that contagion, infection, and quarantining strategies are central themes in Jane Eyre (1847), Shirley (1849), and Villette (1853). This book establishes the ways in which Charlotte Brontë was closely engaged with the political and social contexts in which she wrote, extending this to the representation and metaphorical import of illness in Brontë’s novels.
Who reads Charlotte Brontë and Contagion: Myths, Memes, and the Politics of Infection?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Jo Waugh
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Published
- 2024
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9783031651403
- Category
- literary studies
- Subjects
- Literary Criticism, Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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