Advertising as Imperial Agency in Jane Eyre
Endnotes
[1] Peterson has taken this information from Census of Great Britain, 1851 as cited in J.A. Banks, Prosperity and Parenthood (London, 1965).
[2] Jameson, One the Relative Social Position of Mothers and Governesses, in Memoirs and Essays, (1846), p 253-255
[3] Many critics have cemented this claim that Jane is aligning herself with women workers; Marcus notes particularly Kaplan.
[4] McClintock’s discussion of the relationship between Hannah Cullwick and Arthur Munby provides an excellent case study for a divided class self.
[5] Peterson notes that a “private governess” refers to a woman who works within the family, at home (4).
[6] In a modern play production about Jean Rhys, author of Wide Sargasso Sea, and her relationship to Jane Eyre, set designer Angela Davies interestingly creates Bertha’s attic to resemble a ship.
[7] According to OED
