Charlotte Bronte - Softcover

Patsy Stoneman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0746308566 ISBN 13: 9780746308561

Publisher: Northcote House Publishers Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

Charlotte Brontė s Jane Eyre is one of the most famous novels in the world; its heroine s spirited response to hardship and temptation has engaged an eager readership since its publication in 1847. Jane Eyre, however, was not Charlotte Brontė s only novel, and Patsy Stoneman s book traces the development of her work from her exuberant early writing to her disturbing last work, Villette. A final chapter considers Charlotte Brontė s shifting popular and academic reputation and the various adaptations and imitations of her work. Reading the novels in the context of Charlotte Brontė s life and times, Stoneman emphasises her persistent engagement with power relations within families, between classes and between men and women and the changing narrative strategies with which she explores them. While keeping close to the words of the page, the book is informed by the critical perspectives of feminism, cultural materialism and postcolonialism.

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About the Author

Patsy Stoneman is the Emeritus Reader in English, University of Hull and Vice-President of the Brontė Society. She has published widely including Jane Eyre on Stage, 1848-1898: An Illustrated Edition of Eight Plays with Contextual Notes, Elizabeth Gaskell and Brontė Transformations: the Cultural Dissemination of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights .

Edition details

• Publisher: Northcote House Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0746308566
• ISBN 13: 9780746308561
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128