Achieving Autonomy: a Gendered Exploration of Space and Class in the Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Villette

Authors

Margaret Goss, The College of Wooster

Abstract

A gendered examination of how women in the 19th century could achieve autonomy through the ownership of space and financial independence as seen through Charlotte Brontë's Villette and Anne Brontë's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.

Advisor

Hayward, Jennifer

Department

English

Recommended Citation

Goss, Margaret, "Achieving Autonomy: a Gendered Exploration of Space and Class in the Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Villette" (2011). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 483.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/483

Disciplines

Literature in English, British Isles | Women's Studies

Keywords

brontë, the tenant of wildfell hall, villette, gender, victorian

Publication Date

2011

Degree Granted

Bachelor of Arts

Document Type

Senior Independent Study Thesis