Investigate female insanity in 19th Century literature
Focus greatly on theme of insanity in the comparison of Wide Sargasso Sea and Jane Eyre. Further focus on works by Louise May Alcott such as Work and Whispers in the Dark.
This essay must include a lot of critical engagement and secondary reading sources. Examples of this are The Mad Woman in the Attic – Sandra Gilbert and Susan Sobar (chp 9+10 particularly relevant). Literatures of madness: disability studies and mental health – Elizabeth Donaldson, very relevant piece. Lots of other useful novels such as the yellow wallpaper or Maria: or the wrongs of woman.
Investigate female insanity in 19th Century literature.
