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A Companion to the Brontes

Authors: Diane Long Hoeveler, Deborah Denenholz Morse Publisher: Wiley Publication date: 2016 Publication language: Angielski Number of pages: 631 Publication formats: EAN: 9781118405499 ISBN: 9781118405499 Category: Literature & literary studies Publisher's index: - Bibliographic note: -

Description

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

TOC

  • Title Page 6
  • Copyright Page 7
  • Contents 8
  • Notes on Contributors 12
  • Introduction 18
  • Part I Imaginative Forms and Literary/Critical Contexts 26
    • Chapter 1 Experimentation and the Early Writings 28
      • Paracosmic Experimentation and Colonial Expansion 29
      • Pluralism and Narrative Method 33
      • Psychological Realism and Interrogation of the Self 40
      • Conclusion 43
      • Notes 44
      • References 45
      • Further Reading 45
    • Chapter 2 The Brontës and the Gothic Tradition 48
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Author's affiliation

Diane Long Hoeveler: Marquette University, USA