Jane Eyre (Bloom's Notes) (Oop) [Library Binding]

Charlotte Bronte (Author), Harold Bloom (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1995 | Series: Bloom's Notes

This edition of Bloom's Notes examines Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. Harold Bloom suggests that the author, particularly in this novel, manifests an aggressiveness towards her readers that is infrequent among major novelists. This text includes a brief biography of Melville, thematic and structural analysis of the work, and numerous essays by the best critics of the novel.

This series is edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University; Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School. These texts are the ideal aid for all students of literature, presenting concise, easy-to-understand biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on a specific literary work. Also provided are multiple sources for book reports and term papers with a wealth of information on literary works, authors, and major characters.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 10 Up. These series entries, edited by the indefatigable Yale professor, are basically hybrid combinations of "Cliffs Notes" and Book Review Digest. They maintain the high standard Bloom has set for this publisher's other critical anthologies, but are aimed at a different audience, apparently students in a big hurry. Each title includes a selection of very short critical excerpts, an author biography, summary/thematic analysis, list of characters, bibliography, and index of themes. The blurb promises "a single source for footnoting essays and research papers" and these handbooks are cunningly designed to do just that. Big, fat juicy quotes practically jump off the page. So if your students write papers on Jane Eyre and Midsummer Night's Dream, buy these books.?Kathy Fritts, Jesuit High School, Portland, OR
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Library Binding: 80 pages
• Publisher: Chelsea House Publications (October 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0791040631
• ISBN-13: 978-0791040638
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,031,453 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A new book every time, December 6, 1996

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This review is from: Jane Eyre (Bloom's Notes) (Oop) (Library Binding)

I give this book a rating of 10 because it is my personal favorite. I first read this book over 10 years ago and must have reread it 30 times since. Each time I read Jane Eyre, I find a new meaning to the words or find a small detail that I had missed before. It makes for an enjoyable read every single time. Jane Eyre has it all for me. Romance. Drama. Separation. And Renewed Love. This book has become a part of my life over the years. It has shaped the way that I think and whenever I feel down or lonely, I pick my copy up, open to any page and start to read. I don't need to even start at the beginning or read the whole way through. It is like flipping through an old photo album. I am comforted just knowing it is there and always will be

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5.0 out of 5 stars Pride and Prejudice comments, December 24, 2003

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Natalie Ayala (Pomona, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jane Eyre (Br) (Paperback)(Oop) (Bloom's Notes) (Paperback)

Pride and Prejudice is a love story between Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy, an uptight man who has too much pride. Their first impressions gave a big start to this story that developed into the major conflicts and story line. My favorite chapter was the first one because it sets the tone for the story. It gives us the setting and the introduction to the characters. We really get to see Mrs. Bennett as an excruciatingly loud mother who lives only to search for husbands for her daughters. We can see Mrs. Bennett favors Jane as her first priority for finding a husband because she is the eldest and most beautiful one of all. One instance is when Mrs. Bennett found out Mr. Darcy was moving into a neighboring house. When she found out he was single, she automatically suggested/recommended Jane as a potential future wife. In contrast we start to see and understand Mr. Bennett's attitude towards his wife's plea and towards his defense of his daughters. He doesn't critique his daughters when it comes to men.
I would recommend this book mostly to women/girls between the ages of 17-50 because this story deals with the trouble girls go through and it deals with five girls living in the household, to which we can relate. The daughters were not that old, yet they were mature for their age. Teens will enjoy it because we all go through these teen stages of boys, and women can relate because of the maturity level that is in this story.
One literary device that was used in the story was analogy. It is used to describe two characters (Elizabeth and Darcy) that are alike by comparing them. We are able to see their differences, but along with it their common interests start to show. For example, they both come from a different social background and yet are both intelligent, and have a tendency to judge harshly.
Overall I can say that I liked this book, Pride and Prejudice, because it was an interesting story. Nowadays we read about homicide detectives and mysteries happening with murder, but this story is nothing like this. It builds its own suspense through character's personalities. It's based on feeling rather than action so we can all relate to this story psychologically. It captivates us in an imaginary world in the early 19th century that reminds us of their rules and regulations that were used back then. For example women were just expected to marry wealth and make a family. They played no other role whatsoever, so since we don't live in that type of environment anymore, we can just picture how life was back then and see what they went through, and their approach through these situations.