VLVL (13) p 274 - "Madwoman in the Attic"

Michael Bailey michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com
Mon Mar 23 06:41:11 CDT 2009


cool, good thoughts.

thanks for hosting the past 2 weeks, enjoyed the insights!

On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 12:24 PM,  <richardryannyc at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> "...[Brock] was visited by his uneasy anima in the a number of guises, notably as the Madwoman in the Attic."
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> The literary allusion is to _Jane Eyre_, in which Rochester's mad wife stays locked in the attic, also the phrase itself evokes Gilbert and Gubar's

Gilbert and Gubar?  Memorable reference.


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