(Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture) 1st Edition
by Diane Long Hoeveler (Author), Deborah Denenholz Morse (Author)
A Companion to the Brontës brings the latest literary research and theory to bear on the life, work, and legacy of the Brontë family.
- Includes
sections on literary and critical contexts, individual texts,
historical and cultural contexts, reception studies, and the family’s
continuing influence
- Features in-depth articles written by well-known and emerging scholars from around the world
- Addresses
topics such as the Gothic tradition, film and dramatic adaptation,
psychoanalytic approaches, the influence of religion, and political and
legal questions of the day – from divorce and female disinheritance, to
worker reform
- Incorporates recent work in Marxist, feminist, post-colonial, and race and gender studies
