Description: Ambiguity in Charlotte Bronte's Villette, Hardcover by Springer, Olga, ISBN 3847111191, ISBN-13 9783847111191, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Charlotte Bronte's 1853 novel Villette has been associated with ambiguity because of its open ending. But there are many other aspects relevant to ambiguity. Lucy's ambivalent attitude toward herself and others, her reticence and stylistic idiosyncrasies (such as negations and inversions) as a narrator make the novel a text in which ambiguity is all-pervasive: it is embodied in Lucy Snowe's signature phrase, 'I know not,' expressive of her existential doubts and questioning attitude toward the world. The study explores the narrator-protagonist's ambivalent attitude toward herself and others, through an analysis of her stylistic idiosyncrasies such as negations and inversions. It moreover focuses on the motif of the oracle as a traditionally ambiguous utterance, and explores its relevance in the context of the generic tradition in which Villette stands. A further central theme is the novel's use of allegories and the interplay of the figurative and literal levels of meaning, imparting an ambiguous quality to the text.
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Book Title: Ambiguity in Charlotte Bronte's Villette
Number of Pages: 283 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Ambiguity in Charlotte Brontë&Apos;S Villette
Publisher: V&R Unipress
Subject: Modern / 19th Century, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year: 2020
Item Weight: 18.8 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Literary Criticism
Author: Olga Springer
Item Length: 9.1 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Series: Close Reading Ser.
Format: Hardcover
