“I Will Throw All on the Altar”: Christianity, Hinduism, and “Human Rights” in Jane Eyre
Through an analysis of Charlotte Brontë’s novel Jane Eyre and her essay “Sacrifice of an Indian Widow”, this essay argues that Brontë positions Christianity as the necessary precursor for the development of secular human rights, and that in so doing she categorically excludes Hinduism from access to...
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University of Edinburgh
2022-09-01
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| Series: | Forum |
| Online Access: | http://journals.ed.ac.uk/forum/article/view/7459 |