By Diane Long Hoeveler,Deborah Denenholz Morse

A spouse to the Brontës brings the most recent literary examine and conception to undergo at the existence, paintings, and legacy of the Brontë family.

  • Includes sections on literary and significant contexts, person texts, old and cultural contexts, reception reports, and the family’s carrying on with influence
  • Features in-depth articles written by means of recognized and rising students from round the world
  • Addresses themes akin to the Gothic culture, movie and dramatic model, psychoanalytic techniques, the impact of faith, and political and criminal questions of the day – from divorce and feminine disinheritance, to employee reform
  • Incorporates contemporary paintings in Marxist, feminist, post-colonial, and race and gender studies

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