A Companion to the Brontës (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture) - Hardcover

Hoeveler, Diane Long; Morse, Deborah Denenholz

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1118404947 ISBN 13: 9781118404942

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

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

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"Through brief overviews within each article situating its focus within scholarly, historical, cultural, literary, and/ or thematic contexts, and more sustained analysis of the given topic, including close readings, this companion provides a rewarding blend of insights for a range of readers and scholars." Susan B. Taylor, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Summer 2018 issue of Victorian Studies (60.4)

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A Companion to the Brontes brings the latest literary research and theory to bear on the life, work, and legacy of the Bronte 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

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• Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1118404947
• ISBN 13: 9781118404942
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 632