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Jakubowski, a doctoral student of literature studies at the Free University of Berlin, employs a multilayered analysis of the last works of Emily, Anne, and Charlotte Bronte, in order to demonstrate the subversive quality of the sisters' literary use of space in terms of gender expectations in Victorian England. She dissects the concept of space as a socio-politcal construct, particularly the use of the Victorian idea of "separate spheres" to bolster discrimination in general and specifically as regards the appropriate spaces and subjects of women's writing. She describes traditional criticism of Victorian female authors, which focused on the intensive use of interior settings and the imprisonment psychology of the writers, as well as considering the twists and turns of Bronte criticism over time. Jakubowski concludes with individual critiques of each sister in turn, exploring their transgression of literary spaces, and social expectations, via the use physical, literary and metaphorical devices unusual to female writers of the period. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
