A Companion To The Brontës

Author : Diane Long Hoeveler,Deborah Denenholz Morse
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781118404942

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A Companion to the Brontës by Diane Long Hoeveler,Deborah Denenholz Morse Pdf

A Companion to the Brontës brings the latest literary research and theory to bear on the life, work, and legacy of the Brontë family. Includes sections on literary and critical contexts, individual texts, historical and cultural contexts, reception studies, and the family’s continuing influence Features in-depth articles written by well-known and emerging scholars from around the world Addresses topics such as the Gothic tradition, film and dramatic adaptation, psychoanalytic approaches, the influence of religion, and political and legal questions of the day – from divorce and female disinheritance, to worker reform Incorporates recent work in Marxist, feminist, post-colonial, and race and gender studies

Author : Heather Glen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2002-12-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521779715

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The Cambridge Companion to the Brontës by Heather Glen Pdf

The extraordinary works of the three sisters Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë have entranced and challenged scholars, students, and general readers for the past 150 years. This Companion offers a fascinating introduction to those works, including two of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century - Charlotte s Jane Eyre and Emily s Wuthering Heights. In a series of original essays, contributors explore the roots of the sisters achievement in early nineteenth-century Haworth, and the childhood plays they developed; they set these writings within the context of a wider history, and show how each sister engages with some of the central issues of her time. The essays also consider the meaning and significance of the Brontës enduring popular appeal. A detailed chronology and guides to further reading provide further reference material, making this a volume indispensable for scholars and students, and all those interested in the Brontës and their work.

Author : Christine Alexander,Margaret Smith
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780192551719

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The Oxford Companion to the Brontës by Christine Alexander,Margaret Smith Pdf

This special edition of The Oxford Companion to the Brontës commemorates the bicentenary of Emily Brontë's birth in July 1818 and provides comprehensive and detailed information about the lives, works, and reputations of the Brontës - the three sisters Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, their father, and their brother Branwell. Expanded entries surveying the Brontës' lives and works are supplemented by entries on friends and acquaintances, pets, literary and political heroes; on the places they knew and the places they imagined; on their letters, drawings and paintings; on historical events such as Chartism, the Peterloo Massacre, and the Ashantee Wars; on exploration, slavery, and religion. Selected entries on the characters and places in the Brontë juvenilia provide a glimpse into their early imaginative worlds, and entries on film, ballet, and musicals indicate the extent to which their works have inspired others. A new foreword to the text has been also penned by Claire Harman, award-winning writer and literary critic, and recent biographer of Charlotte Brontë. This is a unique and authoritative reference book for the research student and the general reader. The A-Z format, extensive cross-referencing, classified contents, chronologies, illustrations, and maps, both facilitate quick reference and encourage further exploration. This Companion is not only invaluable for quick searches, but a delight to browse, and an inspiration to further reading.

Author : Marianne Thormählen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780521761864

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The Brontës in Context by Marianne Thormählen Pdf

Crammed with information, The Brontës in Context shows how the Brontës' fiction interacts with the spirit of the time.

Author : Patricia Ingham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317881629

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The Brontes by Patricia Ingham Pdf

The novels of Charlotte and Emily Bronte have become canonical texts for the application of twentieth century literary and cultural theory. Along with the work of their sister, Anne, their texts are regarded as a sources of diversity in themselves, full of conflictual material which different schools of criticism have analysed and interpreted. This book shows how the Brontes writings engage with the major issues which dominate twentieth century theoretical work. The essays are grouped under broad schools of theory- biographical; feminist; marxist; psychoanalytical and postcolonial.

Author : Sharon Wright
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781399018821

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Mother of the Brontës by Sharon Wright Pdf

The groundbreaking biography of Maria Branwell reveals a remarkable woman who has been lost in the shadows of her gifted children, Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë. The witty, clever and intrepid Cornish lady of letters, lover of Patrick and mother of genius has been missing for too long. The extraordinary Brontës were a family like no other and it all began when Maria met Patrick.

Author : Diane Long Hoeveler,Deborah Denenholz Morse
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781118405499

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A Companion to the Brontës by Diane Long Hoeveler,Deborah Denenholz Morse Pdf

A Companion to the Brontës brings the latest literary research and theory to bear on the life, work, and legacy of the Brontë family. Includes sections on literary and critical contexts, individual texts, historical and cultural contexts, reception studies, and the family’s continuing influence Features in-depth articles written by well-known and emerging scholars from around the world Addresses topics such as the Gothic tradition, film and dramatic adaptation, psychoanalytic approaches, the influence of religion, and political and legal questions of the day – from divorce and female disinheritance, to worker reform Incorporates recent work in Marxist, feminist, post-colonial, and race and gender studies

Author : Christine Alexander,Jane Sellars
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1995-02-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 0521438411

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The Art of the Brontës by Christine Alexander,Jane Sellars Pdf

The first full-scale study of the drawings and paintings of the Brontë sisters and their brother, Branwell.

Author : Ann Dinsdale
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-15
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781445624433

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At Home With the Brontes by Ann Dinsdale Pdf

The story of the world-famous home of the Bronte sisters. Explores the impact of the Brontes' home on their writing and what it was like for their successors living in a literary shrine. New exhibition focusing on the building starts at the Bronte Parsonage Museum in April 2013.

Author : Christine Alexander
Publisher : Oxford Companions
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Authors, English
ISBN : 0198819951

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The Oxford Companion to the Brontës by Christine Alexander Pdf

This Oxford Companion provides a volume about the lives, works, and reputations of the Brontë sisters, together with their father, Patrick, an author in his own right, and their brother, Branwell who, along with his sister Charlotte, created the imaginary world of Angria. This guide offers cross-referencing, and provides chronologies of the sisters' work, including a list of juvenilia, first line of poems and Brontë art, as well as maps and illustrations. In addition, the authors offer insight into the publishing history, biographical studies, collectors and museums, book illustrations, and theoretical and critical approaches to the Brontës' writing.

Author : Anne Brontë
Publisher : Modernista
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789180943611

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Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë Pdf

As the daughter of a modest minister, Agnes Grey has low prospects in life. After her father loses most of the family’s savings, Agnes is determined to help out and takes a position as governess for a wealthy family. Being a governess turns out to be more challenging than she could have predicted as she has to manage spoiled children and petty parents, while dependent on their approval for her livelihood. Agnes Grey is the first novel by Anne Brontë, published in 1847, and today considered an everlasting classic. Like the famous Jane Eyre, by Anne’s sister Emily Brontë, it deals with the precarious position of the governess and how the young women taking on that role were treated. It is a poignant and insightful novel that explores rigid class structures and the challenges it poses to women. ANNE BRONTË [1820-1849] was an English poet and novelist. She was the youngest of the three Brontë authors, her older sisters being Emily and Charlotte. Anne died young, probably from tuberculosis, having published the novels Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, the latter hailed today as one of the first feminist novels.

Author : Deborah Lutz
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780393246735

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The Brontë Cabinet: Three Lives in Nine Objects by Deborah Lutz Pdf

An intimate portrait of the lives and writings of the Brontë sisters, drawn from the objects they possessed. In this unique and lovingly detailed biography of a literary family that has enthralled readers for nearly two centuries, Victorian literature scholar Deborah Lutz illuminates the complex and fascinating lives of the Brontës through the things they wore, stitched, wrote on, and inscribed. By unfolding the histories of the meaningful objects in their family home in Haworth, Lutz immerses readers in a nuanced re-creation of the sisters' daily lives while moving us chronologically forward through the major biographical events: the death of their mother and two sisters, the imaginary kingdoms of their childhood writing, their time as governesses, and their determined efforts to make a mark on the literary world. From the miniature books they made as children to the blackthorn walking sticks they carried on solitary hikes on the moors, each personal possession opens a window onto the sisters' world, their beloved fiction, and the Victorian era. A description of the brass collar worn by Emily’s bull mastiff, Keeper, leads to a series of entertaining anecdotes about the influence of the family’s dogs on their writing and about the relationship of Victorians to their pets in general. The sisters' portable writing desks prove to have played a crucial role in their writing lives: it was Charlotte's snooping in Emily’s desk that led to the sisters' first publication in print, followed later by the publication of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights. Charlotte's letters provide insight into her relationships, both innocent and illicit, including her relationship with the older professor to whom she wrote passionately. And the bracelet Charlotte had made of Anne and Emily's intertwined hair bears witness to her profound grief after their deaths. Lutz captivatingly shows the Brontës anew by bringing us deep inside the physical world in which they lived and from which their writings took inspiration.

Author : Marianne Thormählen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2007-06-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139463690

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The Brontës and Education by Marianne Thormählen Pdf

All the seven Brontë novels are concerned with education in both senses, that of upbringing as well as that of learning. The Brontë sisters all worked as teachers before they became published novelists. In spite of the prevalence of education in the sisters' lives and fiction, however, this was the first full-length book on the subject when it was published in 2007. Marianne Thormählen explores how their representations of fictional teachers and schools engage with the intense debates on education in the nineteenth century, drawing on a wealth of documentary evidence about educational theory and practice in the lifetime of the Brontës. This study offers much information both about the Brontës and their books and about the most urgent issue in early nineteenth-century British social politics: the education of the people, of all classes and both sexes.

Author : Eric Ruijssenaars
Publisher : Bront'e Society
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110007791

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Charlotte Brontë's Promised Land by Eric Ruijssenaars Pdf

Author : Juliet Barker
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 820 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781453265260

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The Brontës by Juliet Barker Pdf

A “brilliant” biography of the Brontë family, dispelling popular myths and revealing the true story of Emily, Anne, Charlotte, and their father (The Independent on Sunday). The tragic story of the Brontë family has been told many times: the half-mad, repressive father; the drunken, drug-addicted brother; wildly romantic Emily; unrequited Anne; and “poor Charlotte.” But is any of it true? These caricatures of the popular imagination were created by amateur biographers like Elizabeth Gaskell who were more interested in lurid tales than genuine scholarship. Juliet Barker’s landmark book is the first definitive history of the Brontës. It demolishes the myths, yet provides startling new information that is just as compelling—but true. Based on firsthand research among all the Brontë manuscripts and among contemporary historical documents never before used by Brontë biographers, this book is both scholarly and compulsively readable. The Brontës is a revolutionary picture of the world’s favorite literary family.