A Journey Of A Thousand Miles

By comparing and contrasting three texts from the Gothic canon; Radcliffe's A Romance of the Forest, Austen's Northanger Abbey and finally Bronte's Jane Eyre, A Journey of a Thousand Miles maps women's progress towards self-authorship, self-ownership and self-actualisation; through both their own adventures as female writers within a male dominated tradition and the journeys undertaken by their fictional female counterparts. Paying close attention to the boundaries laid out for these women; authors and heroines alike, we see them beginning to forge paths of their own; gaining awareness, education and the understanding necessary to define the limits of their own sex.

Autorentext

Hannah Barnes studied in London before relocating to Manchester to pursue her love of writing, reading & learning. She is a proud feminist seeking to understand the modern world in relation to her sex (whilst resisting the continual urge to stick her head in the oven). Hannah runs a small marketing business & blogs whenever the mood takes her.

Klappentext

By comparing and contrasting three texts from the Gothic canon; Radcliffe's A Romance of the Forest, Austen's Northanger Abbey and finally Bronte's Jane Eyre, A Journey of a Thousand Miles maps women's progress towards self-authorship, self-ownership and self-actualisation; through both their own adventures as female writers within a male dominated tradition and the journeys undertaken by their fictional female counterparts. Paying close attention to the boundaries laid out for these women; authors and heroines alike, we see them beginning to forge paths of their own; gaining awareness, education and the understanding necessary to define the limits of their own sex.