'Bluebeard, ' the tale of a sadistic husband who murders his wives and locks away their bodies, has inspired hundreds of adaptations since it first appeared in 1697. In Bluebeard Gothic, Heta Pyrh?nen argues that Charlotte Bront?'s 1847 classic Jane Eyre can be seen as one such adaptation, and that although critics have been slow to realize the connection, authors rewriting Bront?'s novel have either intuitively or intentionally seized on it.
Pyrh?nen begins by establishing that the story of Jane Eyre is intermingled with the 'Bluebeard' tale, as young Jane moves...
'Bluebeard, ' the tale of a sadistic husband who murders his wives and locks away their bodies, has inspired hundreds of adaptations since it first...