The Cambridge companion to the Brontës

The Cambridge companion to the Brontës / edited by Heather Glen.

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...

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Other Authors: Glen, Heather (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Series:Cambridge companions to literature.
Subjects:
Brontë family > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Brontë, Anne, 1820-1849 > Criticism and interpretation > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848 > Criticism and interpretation > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 > Criticism and interpretation > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Women and literature > England > Yorkshire > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Yorkshire (England) > In literature > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • The Haworth context / Juliet Barker
  • 'Our plays': the Brontë juvenilia / Carol Bock
  • The poetry / Angela Leighton
  • 'Three distinct and unconnected tales': The professor, Agnes Grey and Wuthering heights / Stevie Davies
  • 'Strong family likeness': Jane Eyre and The tenant of Wildfell Hall / Jill Matus
  • Shirley and Villette / Heather Glen
  • 'Getting on': ideology, personality and the Brontë characters / Rick Rylance
  • Women writers, women's issues / Kate Flint
  • The Brontës and religion / John Maynard
  • The Brontë myth / Patsy Stoneman.

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