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Dealing with Death: The Romanticising of Tuberculosis in Three Victorian Novels

Larsson, Lotta LU (2019) ENGK01 20182
English Studies
Abstract
The purpose of this essay is to investigate whether the characters of Charlotte Brontë’s and Elizabeth Gaskell’s novels Jane Eyre, North and South and Ruth romanticise tuberculosis, how the disease was romanticised, and what qualities the affected characters had to possess to die from the disease. Major and minor characters who contract the disease are scrutinised, as well as the characters surrounding them, to get a satisfactory picture of the romanticising. To better account for the contemporary ideals and values, the main focus is on beauty paradigms, goodness and religion. To investigate this above, the novels are scrutinised separately, summarised together in one section, and lastly a conclusion is presented. I anticipate that the... (More)
The purpose of this essay is to investigate whether the characters of Charlotte Brontë’s and Elizabeth Gaskell’s novels Jane Eyre, North and South and Ruth romanticise tuberculosis, how the disease was romanticised, and what qualities the affected characters had to possess to die from the disease. Major and minor characters who contract the disease are scrutinised, as well as the characters surrounding them, to get a satisfactory picture of the romanticising. To better account for the contemporary ideals and values, the main focus is on beauty paradigms, goodness and religion. To investigate this above, the novels are scrutinised separately, summarised together in one section, and lastly a conclusion is presented. I anticipate that the characters indeed romanticise the disease, and that to die from it, you had to be a good person. (Less)
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author
Larsson, Lotta LU
supervisor
organization
course
ENGK01 20182
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Tuberculosis, romanticising, Elizabeth Gaskell, Charlotte Brontë, North and South, Ruth, Jane Eyre, Disease, Victorian Era
language
English
id
8973158
date added to LUP
2019-03-19 08:30:30
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2019-03-19 08:30:30
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  abstract     = {{The purpose of this essay is to investigate whether the characters of Charlotte Brontë’s and Elizabeth Gaskell’s novels Jane Eyre, North and South and Ruth romanticise tuberculosis, how the disease was romanticised, and what qualities the affected characters had to possess to die from the disease. Major and minor characters who contract the disease are scrutinised, as well as the characters surrounding them, to get a satisfactory picture of the romanticising. To better account for the contemporary ideals and values, the main focus is on beauty paradigms, goodness and religion. To investigate this above, the novels are scrutinised separately, summarised together in one section, and lastly a conclusion is presented. I anticipate that the characters indeed romanticise the disease, and that to die from it, you had to be a good person.}},
  author       = {{Larsson, Lotta}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Dealing with Death: The Romanticising of Tuberculosis in Three Victorian Novels}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}