Jane Eyre and Our Age of Authenticity

Karen Prior

Jane Eyre and Our Age of Authenticity

Karen Prior

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Abstract

Beloved by countless women readers and Hollywood filmmakers, Jane Eyre is sometimes dismissed as mere pulp fiction for the literary set. But beneath the surface-level romance, Jane Eyre offers a profoundly philosophical portrait of the modern self. In fact, the novel embodies to a remarkable degree the modern quest for self-creation described by Charles Taylor in The Ethics of Authenticity.

Original language	Undefined/Unknown
Journal	Faculty Publications and Presentations
State	Published - Apr 21 2016
Externally published	Yes

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