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A companion to the Brontës /

"A Companion to the Brontës brings the latest literary research and theory to bear on the life, work, and legacy of the Brontë family"--

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Hoeveler, Diane Long (Editor), Morse, Deborah Denenholz, 1949- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2016.
Series:Blackwell companions to literature and culture.
Subjects:
Brontë family.
Brontë, Charlotte, > 1816-1855 > Criticism and interpretation.
Brontë, Emily, > 1818-1848 > Criticism and interpretation.
Brontë, Anne, > 1820-1849 > Criticism and interpretation.
Women novelists, English > 19th century > Biography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Deborah Denenholz Morse, Diane Long Hoeveler
  • Imaginative Forms and Literary/Critical Contexts. Experimentation and the Early Writings / Christine Alexander
  • The Brontës and the Gothic Tradition / Diane Long Hoeveler
  • The Critical Recuperation of and Theoretical Approaches to the Brontës / Lisa Jadwin
  • Journeying Home / Amy J Robinson
  • Texts. Wuthering Heights / Louise Lee
  • Jane Eyre / Margaret Markwick
  • The Tenant of Wildfell Hall / Kari Lokke
  • Agnes Grey / Judith E Pike
  • Charlotte Brontë's / Tabitha Sparks
  • Charlotte Brontë's / Herbert Rosengarten
  • Villette / Penny Boumelha
  • Poetry, Campaigning Articles, and Letters by Patrick Brontë / Dudley Green
  • The Poetry and Verse Drama of Branwell Brontë / Julie Donovan
  • Poetry of Anne, Charlotte, and Emily / John Maynard
  • The Artwork of the Brontës / Nancy V Workman
  • The Letters and Brussels Essays / Karen E Laird
  • Reception Studies. The Brontës and the Periodicals of the 1820s and 1830s / Lucasta Miller
  • The Brontës and the Victorian Reading Public, 1846-1860 / Alexis Easley
  • Historical, Intellectual, and Cultural Contexts. The Temptations of a Daughterless Mother / Ken Hiltner
  • Race, Slavery, and the Slave Trade / Beverly Taylor
  • Marriage and Divorce in the Novels / Beth Lau
  • Physical and Mental Health in the Brontës' Lives and Works / Carol A Senf
  • The Brontës and the Death Question / Carol Margaret Davison
  • The Irish Heritage of the Brontës / Edward Chitham
  • The Intellectual and Philosophical Contexts / Elisha Cohn
  • The Religion(s) of the Brontës / Miriam Elizabeth Burstein
  • Reading the Arts in the Brontë Fiction / Judith Wilt
  • Politics, Legal Concerns, and Reforms / Simon Avery
  • Class and Gender in the Brontë Novels / Tara MacDonald
  • Afterlives of the Brontës and Their Filmic Adaptations / Tom Winnifrith
  • Mixed Signals / Brandon Chitwood
  • Brontë Hauntings / Deborah Denenholz Morse
  • The Brontë Family in Popular Culture / Abigail Burnham Bloom
  • The Brontë Parsonage Museum, the Brontë Society, and the Preservation of Brontëana / Ann Dinsdale
  • Biographical Myths and Legends of the Brontës / Sarah E Maier.