The Cambridge Companion to the Brontës [electronic resource] / Edited by Heather Glen
- Author:
- Glen, Heather
- Published:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Access Online:
- ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu
- Series:
- Cambridge companions to literature
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Chronology of the Bronte family -- 1.The Haworth context / Juliet Barker -- 2.'Our plays': the Bronte juvenilia / Carol Bock -- 3.The poetry / Angela Leighton -- 4.'Three distinct and unconnected tales': The Professor, Agnes Grey and Wuthering Heights / Stevie Davies -- 5.'Strong family likeness': Jane Eyre and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall / Jill Matus -- 6.Shirley and Villette / Heather Glen -- 7.'Getting on': ideology, personality and the Bronte characters / Rick Rylance -- 8.Women writers, women's issues / Kate Flint -- 9.The Brontes and religion / John Maynard -- 10.The Bronte myth / Patsy Stoneman.
- Summary:
- "The works of the three sisters Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte have entranced and challenged scholars, students and general readers for the past one-hundred-and-fifty years. This Companion offers an 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 Brontes' 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 Brontes and their work." --Book Jacket.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780511999161 (ebook)
9780521770279 (hardback) - Note:
- Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed on 21 Jan 2014).
AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS. - Other Forms:
- Also issued in print format.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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