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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830165203321

Titolo

A companion to the Brontës / / edited by Diane Long Hoeveler and Deborah Denenholz Morse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2016

ISBN

1-119-23467-0

1-118-40554-4

1-118-40549-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (631 p.)

Collana

Blackwell companions to literature and culture ; ; 96

Classificazione

LIT004120

Disciplina

823/.809

Soggetti

Women novelists, English - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Masculinity: The Reformed Reprobate/The CastawayThe Experience of Femininity: Contamination/ Suffering/Self-Possession; Diary and Frame Tale: The Challenge of Dialogic Discourse; References; Further Reading; Chapter 8 Agnes Grey; From Birth to Death; The "Rediscovered" Anne; Anne's Literary Legacy; Agnes Grey; Her "Terrifying Audacity"; Note; References; Further Reading; Chapter 9 Charlotte Brontë's The Professor; Plot and Characters; Publication and Early Critical History; The Biographic Imperative; Feminist Readings of The Professor; Other Perspectives; Notes; References; Further Reading

Chapter 15 The Artwork of the BrontësThe Scholarly Appraisal; Background; Mediums; Source Materials and Copy Work; Victorian Careers in Art; A Case Study of "The Pillar Portrait"; Suggestions for Future Study; References; Further Reading; Chapter 16 The Letters and Brussels Essays; The Letters of Mrs. Maria Brontë; The Letters of Patrick Branwell Brontë; The Letters and Belgian Essays of Emily Brontë; The Letters of Anne Brontë; The Letters and Belgium Essays of Charlotte Brontë; Literary letters; Notes; References; Further Reading; Cross-Reference; Part III Reception Studies

Chapter 17 The Brontës and the Periodicals of the 1820s and 1830s

Sommario/riassunto

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