Very few families produce one outstanding writer. The Brontë family produced three. The works of Charlotte, Emily and Anne remain immensely popular, and are increasingly being studied in relation to the surroundings and wider context that formed them. The forty-two new essays in this book tell 'the Brontë story' as it has never been told before, drawing on the latest research and the best available scholarship while offering new perspectives on the writings of the sisters. A section on Brontë criticism traces their reception to the present day. The works of the sisters are explored in the context of social, political and cultural developments in early-nineteenth-century Britain, with attention given to religion, education, art, print culture, agriculture, law and medicine. Crammed with information, The Brontës in Context shows how the Brontës' fiction interacts with the spirit of the time, suggesting reasons for its enduring fascination.
| ISBN: | 9781107479951 |
| Publication date: | 28th August 2014 |
| Author: | Marianne Lunds Universitet, Sweden Thormählen |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 426 pages |
| Series: | Literature in Context |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers |
Very few families produce one outstanding writer. The Brontë family produced three. The works of Charlotte, Emily and Anne remain immensely popular, and are increasingly being studied in relation to the surroundings and wider context that formed them. The forty-two new essays in this book tell 'the Brontë story' as it has never been told before, drawing on the latest research and the best available scholarship while offering new perspectives on the writings of the sisters. A section on Brontë criticism traces their reception to the present day. The works of the sisters are explored in the context of social, political and cultural developments in early-nineteenth-century Britain, with attention given to religion, education, art, print culture, agriculture, law and medicine. Crammed with information, The Brontës in Context shows how the Brontës' fiction interacts with the spirit of the time, suggesting reasons for its enduring fascination.
The Brontës in Context features in the following genres: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
The Brontës in Context is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Brontës in Context was written by Marianne Lunds Universitet, Sweden Thormählen and published by Cambridge University Press
The Brontës in Context has 426 pages
Yes it is part of Literature in Context series
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