This work considers the ways in which two famous Bronte novels have passed into the general culture, including stage, film and television versions, book illustrations, comic books and paintings, operatic, ballet and musical versions, parodies, allusion, all kinds of incidental references, and also later "re-workings" of the original plot. It offers analyses of the various texts in terms of their historical and generic construction, aiming to relate the form of each derivative to its ideological function. This is achieved through a mix of traditional literary criticism with feminist, psychoanalytic and deconstructive techniques.
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F255P255>This comprehensive book considers the ways in which the two most famous Bronte novels (Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights) have passed into the general culture, including stage, film and television versions, parodies, allusion, all illustrations, comic books and paintings, operatic, ballet and musical versions, parodies, allusion, all kinds of incidental references, and also later 're-workings' of the original plot. The book is not, however, merely a record, but offers analysis of the various texts in terms of their historical and generic construction, aiming to relate the form of each derivative to its ideological functions. A single reference source to writings and adaptations previously dispersed and difficult to access. Up to date critical analysis which enables cross-media sturdy.
Scholars of literary and cultural studies.
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This review is from: Bronte Transformaitons: The Cultural Dissemination of Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre (Paperback)
Patsy Stoneman has painstakingly investigated how the Brontes' works (specifically Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights) have been perceived and transformed over time. The research she's done is remarkable. She investigates the implications in each film, stage, or musical version. She also dips a bit into how the Brontes themselves have been perceived over time--this part of the book could be expanded. I also think a similiar work investigating the works of Branwell and Anne Bronte is needed.
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