The place: Emdale, near Loughbrickland, County Down is significant to Jane Eyre because Patrick Brontë, Charlotte Brontë’s father, was born there in 1777. Patrick later became a clergyman and the father of Charlotte Brontë, who wrote Jane Eyre. I found this information from the Brontë Interpretive Centre & Homeland Drive website, which explains that the remains of Patrick Brontë’s birthplace are at Emdale. The participatory culture move is low barriers to entry because this information is available to anyone interested in the Brontë family and their history, not just professional historians. Mapping this location on COVE adds a grassroots layer to a story usually told top-down because it shows a real place that relates to the author’s family and background. This gives more context to the story behind Jane Eyre.
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