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authorAlexa Tierney
titleVictorian Lovers: Consensual Sadomasochistic Relationships in the Bronte Novels
abstractUsing psychoanalytic and feminist theory, this thesis proves how the relationship between Catherine and Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights is sadomasochistic, and how it influences the other secondary relationships in the novel. Additionally, the thesis will show how in Jane Eyre, Mr. Rochester's relationship with his first wife, Bertha Mason, manipulates his relationship with Jane.
schoolThe Caspersen School of Graduate Studies, Drew University
degreeM.Litt. (2017)
advisor Laura Winters
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