The Brontes (Longman Critical Readers) - Softcover

Ingham, Patricia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 058232727X ISBN 13: 9780582327276

Publisher: Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

The novels of Charlotte and Emily Bronte have become canonical texts for the application of twentieth century literary and cultural theory. Along with the work of their sister, Anne, their texts are regarded as a sources of diversity in themselves, full of conflictual material which different schools of criticism have analysed and interpreted. This book shows how the Brontes writings engage with the major issues which dominate twentieth century theoretical work. The essays are grouped under broad schools of theory- biographical; feminist; marxist; psychoanalytical and postcolonial.

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About the Author

Dr Patricia Ingham is a Fellow of St Anne's College and Reader in English, at the University of Oxford.

From the Back Cover

(The Brontes – Blurb)

The novels, poetry and prose of the Bronte sisters have proved a rich resource for twentieth century literary criticism. Their texts are a source of diversity in themselves, full of conflictual material which different schools of criticism have freshly analysed and interpreted. This Reader provides a wide ranging selection of essays on the works of the Brontes, starting with their contemporaries and reaching to the present day. Patricia Ingham’s clear and readable Introduction traces the development of interpretations to reveal how the early reactions indicate concerns in the areas of gender and class and race which modern critics have now unpacked further.

This volume shows how the Brontes writings engage with the major issues which dominate twentieth century theoretical work . The essays are grouped under broad schools of theory such as feminist; marxist; psychoanalytic and postcolonial.

This collection will be suitable for both undergraduate and postgraduate students working on nineteenth century literary and cultural theory, particularly in relation to gender, class and race.

Patricia Ingham is Senior Research Fellow and Reader at St Anne’s College,Oxford.

 

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 058232727X
• ISBN 13: 9780582327276
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288