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Tidy Minds and Untidy lives: The intertextual relationship between Stella…
Tidy Minds and Untidy lives: The intertextual relationship between Stella Gibbons' Cold Comfort farm and the novels of Jane Austen and Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte
Brontean novel versus Gibbons' Cold Comfort Farm
Mr Myberg
tries proves Patrick Bronwell Bronte was actually the author of his sisters novels
parody
his mannerisms and flawed logic
established the relationship of Bronte within Cold Comfort Farm
CCF
parody
inclusion of Brontean novels
provides reader preview of novels connection with the Brontes
how they are referenced, interpreted
recurring themes
madness
family reunions
old family servant
old hearty
dialect
all starkadders share
heightened
Adam
atmosphere
cannot be undone
Reuben
dark and earthy rumination
obsessive farmer
tribute to parody of struggles of central characters
sussex gorse
sexual overtones
Lawrence
long, descriptive
nature sexualised
obsessive interest
Mr Myberg
obsessed nature
inappropriate
juxtaposition with Flora's rational way of regarding same objects
Nature
anthropomorphizing the physical surrounding of Bronte's work
allows to dictate actions of Bronte's novels
Flora familiarity with books
Wuthering Heights
Jane Eyre
weather significant
establish setting
emotional
physical
elements , settings, characters and plots
contribute to style and novels atmosphere
Bronte
melancholy
Heathcliff
impending doom
Maternal love
doting
son to worry about
Cold Comfort Farm
style
funny
Gibbons
plays with expectations of traditional heroines
changes genre
manifestation of comedic and intellectual bias
defends works of Austen
Austen novels versus Gibbons' Cold Comfort Farm
Flora Poste
refuses to work
chooses her own type of work
novelist
chooses her relatives
wealth and resources
necessary for change of situation
reads Austen novels
past hangs over her head
external factors of influence and isolation
true nature shown
central figure
aware of manner in which Austen's heroines have coped
artistic, ordering, opinionated
outcast
embraces a challenge
ignores consequences of her flaws
tendency towards prejudice
Elizabeth Bennet
same opinion
wit
Austen Heroines
strong
understanding
intelligent
struggling against fault or situation
positive and negative
distaste for perfection
obstacle to overcome
true nature repressed
found recognized happiness to be attained
experience true natures
virtues and talents
paragon of virtue
flaws of situation and nature
victimized or flawed
maturation
opression
move to unfamiliar surroundings
Gibbons
reminds readers what traditional heroines should be like
pays homage to predecessors
knowledge of novels
suffering
influence and isolation
how a heroine should react
stubborn nature
emotional isolation
temperment between themselves and their relations
greatest strength in novels used
familiar themes and motifs
marriage
restriction
destructive
concrete
Flora
own terms
practical touch of cynicism
Gibbons
does not oppose marriage
not connected to novels final fate
flora still finds true love
not a romantic
found Heathliff and Cathy's relationship laughable rather that bringing tears
Austen versus Bronte
separated by half a century
