Jane Eyre Portrait of Alife

Twayne's Masterwork Studies #10

by Maggie Berg (Editor)

Written in an easy-to-read, accessible style by teachers with years of classroom experience, Masterwork Studies are guides to the literary works most frequently studied in high school. Presenting ideas that spark imaginations, these books help students to gain background knowledge on great literature useful for papers and exams. The goal of each study is to encourage creative thinking by presenting engaging information about each work and its author. This approach allows students to arrive at sound analyses of their own, based on in-depth studies of popular literature.

Each volume:

-- Illuminates themes and concepts of a classic text

-- Uses clear, conversational language

-- Is an accessible, manageable length from 140 to 170 pages

-- Includes a chronology of the author's life and era

-- Provides an overview of the historical context

-- Offers a summary of its critical reception

-- Lists primary and secondary sources and index

Genres: Nonfiction

134 pages, ebook

First published November 1, 1987

About the author

Maggie Berg nació en Portsmouth, Inglaterra, y se crio en Hayling Island. Posteriormente, se trasladó a Canadá, donde desarrolló su carrera académica. Fue profesora de Literatura Inglesa en la Queen’s University, ubicada en Kingston, Ontario, hasta su jubilación en 2021. Su investigación se centró en la literatura victoriana, la teoría literaria, el género y la pedagogía. Entre sus obras se encuentran Jane Eyre: Portrait of a Life (1987) y Wuthering Heights: The Writing in the Margin (1996). Además, recibió varios premios por su excelencia en la enseñanza, incluyendo la Cátedra de Enseñanza y Aprendizaje de Queen’s University entre 2009 y 2012 .

Reviews

[Brenda Clough · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent analysis of one of the classics of English lit. That JANE EYRE is really about the heroine's gradual discovery of her real self is a given, but to tie it to her art and imagination is new.