This is how my project will be laid out on my WordPress. The pages will be in the header under “The Key(word) to the Madwoman’s Attic.” The pages will be: Introduction First Point: Gilbert and Gubar summarization Second Point: DH context and feminist discourse Third Point: How my argument situates itself within the discourse and opens possibilities Argument: Sourcing keywords from Gilbert and Gubar’s close reading methods and translating that content into focused-distant reading, data-driven methods proves that one does not need to have read or perform laborious close reading to prove that female-authored books of the 19th century concealed intensely feminist narratives revolving around independent protagonists who were characterized by their…

For my seminar project I will be creating a digital essay — featuring some visualizations — that I am going to build out of my existing WordPress; you will notice the beginnings of it on my website now as I begin playing around with how I want the format to appear/the usability of it. I am going to create multiple different pages under the “The Key(Word) to the Madwoman’s Attic” tab. The pages will likely be as follows (though this is subject to change): Introduction, Sources, Methods, Results and Analyses, Conclusions, and, finally, Bibliography. I will be embedding static images for my visual component so there should be no problem…

For my final project, my dataset is as follows: Set 1 — books mentioned in Gilbert and Gubar: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte  Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen  Set 2 (first control) — books not mentioned by Gilbert and Gubar (but that I argue will prove their theory nonetheless): The Wide, Wide World by Susan Warner (sentimental) Lady Audley’s Secret by Mary Elizabeth Brandon (gothic) Marriage by Susan Ferrier (domestic fiction) Set 3 (second control) — books not mentioned and by male authors: The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens…

I recently read a selection from Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar’s book, The Madwoman in the Attic. In the second chapter they make the argument that 19th century women writers used insidious stylistic techniques to affirm their opposition to the patriarchy. These were typically images of madwomen, confined spaces, or art. Gilbert and Gubar propose that these were not “isolated eccentricities” (Gilbert and Gubar 72) but rather common plots found in 19th century women’s writing, which were purposefully placed to defy and critique the patriarchy. These examples were not inherent to one genre, but can be found among most all 19th century women’s writers, both Gothic and domestic. Gilbert and Gubar take a…