Heather Glen (ed.)

The Cambridge Companion to the Brontes

Herausgeber: Glen, Heather

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Essays by leading scholars explore the works of the three Bronte sisters, including two of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century, Charlotte Broente's Jane Eyre and Emily's Wuthering Heights, and the myths which grew up around them A detailed chronology and guides to further reading are provided.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Companions to Literature
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 402g
• ISBN-13: 9780521779715
• ISBN-10: 0521779715
• Artikelnr.: 22317543

Autorenporträt

Heather Glen is senior lecturer in English at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of New Hall, Cambridge.

Inhaltsangabe

Chronology
Introduction Heather Glen
1. The Haworth context Juliet Barker
2. The Brontës' childhood writings Carol Bock
3. The poetry of the Brontës Angela Leighton
4. The Professor, Agnes Grey, and Wuthering Heights Stevie Davies
5. Jane Eyre and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Jill Matus
6. Shirley and Villette Heather Glen
7. Ideology, personality, and the Brontë characters Rick Rylance
8. Women writing and publishing Kate Flint
9. The Brontës and religion John Maynard
10. The Brontë myth Patsy Stoneman
Guide to further reading.