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Charlotte Brontė, Villette, and Teaching by Margret Buchmann - 1989The basis for my presentation will be two literary masterpieces:
Charlotte Brontė's Villette and Mrs. Gaskell's biography of its author,
The Life of Charlotte Brontė. Villette is Charlotte Brontė's last, most
mature work, and its heroine, Lucy Snowe, is a barely veiled portrait
of the author. Based on Mrs. Gaskell's Life, my prelude follows
Charlotte Brontė almost to the boat that takes her to a girl's school in
Belgium which is the place of action in Villette. Here Lucy Snowe, a
waif, starts out as nursery governess and progresses to becoming a
teacher, dreaming of a school of her own. My epilogue returns to the
author's life. Gathering up the events of her middle years, I will trace
the twists of fate that yielded us Villette. And I will try to determine
just why it is that Mrs. Gaskell calls Charlotte Brontė a woman of
extraordinary genius and noble virtue. To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below: | This article originally appeared as NSSE Yearbook Vol 88, No. 1. |
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- Margret Buchmann
Michigan State University
MARGRET BUCHMANN is coordinator of the Conceptual Analytic Project and is professor of teacher education at Michigan State University.
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