Jane Eltons Identity Conflict in Catherine Maria Sedgwick’s A New Engl

Jane Eltons identity operator Conflict in Catherine maria Sedgwicks A stark naked England descriptionIn her article But is it any(prenominal) good? Evaluating Nineteenth-Century American Womens Fiction, Susan Harris provides methods and criteria for examining Womens Fiction in what she calls process analysis (45). To apply Harris guidelines to Catherine Maria Sedgwicks A New England news report, I must first spot the ideological basis of my endeavor (45) as a feminist/equalitist follow-up of the text. Furthermore, I identify the three-fold approach that Harris describes as historical, in distinguishing early nineteenth-century from mid- to late-century attitudes, rhetorical, in labeling Sedgwicks communication to readers didactic, and ideological, by transforming my objections stem from twenty-first-century attitudes. Harris also explains, If we intent at them as both reactive and creativewe can understand texts aesthetic, moral, and political values (45) I consider A New E ngland Tale to take for a sentimental aesthetic, a Christian morality, and a subscribe of female subordination. The concern of this paper is the happy completion, typical in Womens Fiction according to Harris (46), present in A New England Tale, in which Jane Elton sacrifices her autonomous egotism through marrying Mr. Lloyd. I leave critique this ending by applying several of the points Harris makes, including the conflict between theme and structure, the extended by-line for autonomy (50), and the issue of the self-willing and socially determined self (54) also, I will discuss the sexual and religious politics Jane faces, as well as the importance of her role as educator. Readers can understand the autonomous self to which I refer in a nineteenth-century context this do... ...orphaned, to abused, to truly loved. and so readers supporting these stances believably align with Sedgwick in viewing Janes marrying Mr. Lloyd as better than her marrying Erskine however, consider t hat Sedgwick promotes Christian morality/values. Contemporary non-religious feminist/equalitist readers would likely desire for Jane to live independently while this may not have been historically feasible, we can still prefer that Jane choose loyally to her self, that if she must marry, her choice does not sacrifice her identity.Works Cited and ConsultedFoster, Edward Halsey. Catharine Maria Sedgwick. New York Twayne, 1974. Harris, Susan K.. But is it any good? Evaluating Nineteenth-Century American Womens Fiction. American Literature 63 (March 1991) 42-61. Sedgwick, Catherine Maria. A New England Tale, and Miscellanies. New York Putnam, 1852.