Charlotte and Emily Bronte: Literary Lives [Paperback]

Tom Winnifrith (Author), Edward Chitham (Author)

Book Description

Series: Literary Lives | Publication Date: August 1994

This new book on the Brontes concentrates on the way in which the literary interests and expressions of Charlotte and Emily were built up. It makes use of recent research into background and reading matter to investigate the development of the authors' poetry and novels. Recently discovered evidence on the background and lives of the two sisters is used to plot their progress and to show how Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights grow, not only from the experiences of Charlotte and Emily Bronte, but also from their reading and personal contacts.

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About the Author

TOM WINNIFRITH is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Warwick and Director of the Centre for Research in the European Humanities. His many previous books include The Brontes and their Background, Bronte Facts and Bronte Problems (with Edward Chitham), Aspects of the Epic, Greece Old and New, Nineteen Eighty Four and All's Well? (with William Whitehead) and A New Life of Charlotte Bronte. EDWARD CHITHAM is a part-time Lecturer for the Open University. His previous publications include The Black Country, Ghost in the Water (a children's novel) and several books on the Brontes, including The Brontes' Irish Background, The Poems of Anne Bronte and Bronte Facts and Bronte Problems (with Tom Winnifrith). --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (August 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312122276
• ISBN-13: 978-0312122270
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,410,408 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a classic !, April 15, 2003

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This review is from: Charlotte Und Emily Bronte:Literary Live (Literary Lives) (Paperback)

I wonder both how it is that I'm the first to review it and why it has gone out of print! Have we got our senses?
This is, by far, the best SHORT "literary live" ever written. A classic in the sense that, being easy to read, every word is important and fits its unique place: you can only add or detract one word off this little marvel so much for the worse. It links beautifully what we KNOW about the life of Emily and Charlotte with their lasting work. Many Brontë students will find that this is enough for them. If not, there is always CHITHAM and GERIN full-scale biographies (and I'm thinking mostly about Emily).