A Companion to the Brontes
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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
ISBN
978-1-118-40494-2
Publication Date
2016
Publisher
Wiley- Blackwell
City
Hoboken, NJ
Keywords
Bronte, criticism-- interpretation
Disciplines
English Language and Literature | Literature in English, British Isles
Comments
Table of Contents
Introduction Imaginative Forms and Literary/Critical Contexts. Experimentation and the Early Writings
The Brontës and the Gothic Tradition
The Critical Recuperation of and Theoretical Approaches to the Brontës
Journeying Home
Texts:
Wuthering Heights
Jane Eyre
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Agnes Grey
Charlotte Brontë's
Charlotte Brontë's
Villette
Poetry, Campaigning Articles, and Letters by Patrick Brontë
The Poetry and Verse Drama of Branwell Brontë
Poetry of Anne, Charlotte, and Emily
The Artwork of the Brontës
The Letters and Brussels Essays
Reception Studies. The Brontës and the Periodicals of the 1820s and 1830s The Brontës and the Victorian Reading Public, 1846-1860
Historical, Intellectual, and Cultural Contexts. The Temptations of a Daughterless Mother
Race, Slavery, and the Slave Trade
Marriage and Divorce in the Novels
Physical and Mental Health in the Brontës’ Lives and Works
The Brontës and the Death Question
The Irish Heritage of the Brontës
The Intellectual and Philosophical Contexts
The Religion(s) of the Brontës
Reading the Arts in the Brontë Fiction
Politics, Legal Concerns, and Reforms
Class and Gender in the Brontë Novels
Afterlives of the Brontës and Their Filmic Adaptations
Mixed Signals
Brontë Hauntings
The Brontë Family in Popular Culture
The Brontë Parsonage Museum, the Brontë Society, and the Preservation of Brontëana
Biographical Myths and Legends of the Brontës