Stretched nerves and suffering minds : the isolating effects of female madness in Villette
(2021)
Journal Article
Bury, H. (in press). Stretched nerves and suffering minds : the isolating effects of female madness in Villette. Brontë Studies, 46(2), 159-171. https://doi.org/10.1080/14748932.2021.1875631
This article analyses the symbiotic relationship between Lucy Snowe’s madness and isolation in Charlotte Brontë’s Villette (1853). I argue that madness enhances isolation, and isolation enhances madness, through an exploration of Lucy’s solitude. In... Read More about Stretched nerves and suffering minds : the isolating effects of female madness in Villette.