The brontes (authors in context) - Couverture souple

Ingham, Patricia

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 019953666X ISBN 13 : 9780199536665

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2008

Synopsis

The extraordinary creativity of the Brontë sisters, who between them wrote some of the most enduring fiction in the English language, continues to fascinate and intrigue modern readers. The tragedy of their early deaths adds poignancy to their novels, and in the popular imagination they have become mythic figures. And yet, as Patricia Ingham shows, they were fully engaged with the world around them, and their writing, from the juvenilia to Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights , reflects the preoccupations of the age in which they lived. Their novels, which so shocked their contemporaries, address the burning issues of the day: class, gender, race, religion, and mental disorders. As well as examining these connections, Patricia Ingham also shows how film and other media have reinterpreted the novels for the twenty-first century. The book includes a chronology of the Brontës, suggestions for further reading, websites, illustrations, and a comprehensive index. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Patricia Ingham is the author of The Brontës: A Critical Reader (Longmans, 2003) and Invisible Writing and the Victorian Novel (MUP, 2000) and has edited editions of Hardy, Gaskell and Dickens for OWC and Penguin.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 019953666X
• ISBN 13: 9780199536665
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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