%0 Journal Article
%T ¡°Madness¡± and Desire: Jane Eyre and Wittgenstein¡¯s Nephew
%A Catherine Parayre
%J The Brock Review
%D 2009
%I 
%X This comparative study of ¡°madness¡± applies David Mitchell¡¯s concept of ¡°narrative prosthesis,¡± by which is meant that ¡°disability has been used throughout history as a crutch on which literary narratives lean for their representational power,¡± to Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bront  and Wittgenstein¡¯s Nephew by the Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard. In particular, it examines the ways in which cognitive disability in one character is instrumental in the development and success of other characters¡¯ undertakings, and argues that the treatment of madness highlights first and foremost the two novels¡¯ emphasis on social achievement.
%K disability studies
%K comparative literature
%K treatment of madness
%K literature
%K desire
%K narrative prosthesis
%U http://www.brocku.ca/brockreview/index.php/brockreview/article/view/48/51