Abstract
Discusses Spark's well-known novel, recognizing its "curious amalgamation of acerbic humour, elegance of style, Calvinist spirit, and careful poignancy of plot development," but pointing also to "the pleasurable challenge" offered by its "charismatic" protagonist, Jean Brodie, "glamorous and romantic," "with a proud self-assurance rarely bestowed on female characters," which nonetheless "eludes everyone’s emotional grasp."
Recommended Citation
Berndt, Katrin
(2017)
"Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961),"
Studies in Scottish Literature:
Vol. 43:
Iss.
2, 211–212.
Available at:
https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/ssl/vol43/iss2/18