Student Companion to Charlotte and Emily Bronte (Student Companions to Classic Writers) (Hardcover)

~ Barbara Z. Thaden (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 9 Up-Aids to understanding and analyzing literary works. These volumes begin with biographical details about the writers, their backgrounds, the times in which they lived, influences on their lives and writings, and their literary contributions. Major works and plot developments, settings, characters, themes, style, setting, and criticism are also discussed. Twain also considers his personal travel narratives and some of his short stories. Bront' includes discussions of the family, the novel in the 19th century, the Victorian age, the Romantic movement, recurring themes of nature and women and society, literary devices, and alternative criticism. The extensive bibliographies include reviews, books, and magazine articles. Students will find a wealth of information in these useful volumes.
Pat Bender, The Shipley School, Bryn Mawr, PA
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

“It has been a miscellaneous year for the Brontes. Barbra Z. Thaden's Student Companion to Charlotte and Emily Bronte summarizes the plots and received critical views of the novels, while Debra Teachman's Understanding "Jane Eyre": A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents anthologizes excerpts from ninteenth-century documents about female education, governesses, madness, and marrige law. This seemed more useful for a history course that used Jane Eyre than for a literature one, since none of the "issues, sources, and historical documents" has anything to do with literature.”–Studies in English Literature. 1500-1900

“Students will find a wealth of information in this useful volume.”–School Library Journal

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 168 pages
• Publisher: Greenwood Press (June 30, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 031331053X
• ISBN-13: 978-0313310539
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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