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Abstract
Interpretations of Ferndean in Jane Eyre have undergone a radical change after the I990s when postcolonial criticism began to hold sway. Ferndean came to be interpreted in a negative way as an unhealthy place. But an important fact in the British cultural history has been left out of consideration in the interpretations of Ferndean before and after the 90s: there was Pteridomania or fern craze during Charlotte Brontë's lifetime. This article traces the influence of this vogue on her works and argues that Pteridomania plays an important role in interpreting Ferndean.