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The adorned and the adored : issues of sympathy and ownership in Victorian literature

Creator:

Schmuhl, Emily J.

Abstract:

This thesis is comprised of two articles that examine sympathy, material culture, and ownership in Victorian literature. In the first article, I explore the figure of the heiress in the Victorian literary tradition, focusing on Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre and Charles Dickens's Great Expectations. George Eliot marked the heiress figure...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Emily J. Schmuhl for the