Individuation and the Demeter-Persephone Myth in Charlotte Bronte's Shirley

Inconsistencies in character and structural development inform criticism of Charlotte Bronte's Shirley. I argue that the phases of emotional and physical illness that the heroine, Caroline Helstone, undergoes mirror the stages of individuation observed by Jung. I suggest that Bronte uses the De...

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Main Author: Voss, Kristin
Format: Others
Published: ScholarWorks@UNO 2007
Online Access:http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1056
http://scholarworks.uno.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2037&context=td