Virginia Woolf and the Lives, Works, and Afterlives of the Brontes

Hilary Newman traces Virginia Woolf's examination of the Brontës across a wide variety of genres: juvenilia, novels, essays, feminist polemics, diaries, and letters. This book adopts a Woolfian approach to the Brontë sisters' novels, by opening debate about them rather than offering any particular perspective or argument.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Outline of the Book
Chapter One: Familial Similarities of the Brontës and Virginia Woolf
Chapter Two: Shared Life Experiences of the Brontës and Virginia Woolf
Chapter Three: Personal Comments on the Brontës and in Virginia Woolf's Fiction
Chapter Four: Leslie Stephen and Virginia Woolf as Critics & on Charlotte Brontë
Chapter Five: Virginia Woolf's Essays on the Brontës
Chapter Six: A Room of One's Own and Three Guineas
Chapter Seven: Brontë Critics Published by the Hogarth Press
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

By Hilary Newman

Summary

Hilary Newman traces Virginia Woolf’s examination of the Brontës across a wide variety of genres: juvenilia, novels, essays, feminist polemics, diaries, and letters. This book adopts a Woolfian approach to the Brontë sisters’ novels, by opening debate about them rather than offering any particular perspective or argument.

Product details

• Authors: Hilary Newman
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.06.2024
• EAN: 9781666940220
• ISBN: 978-1-66694-022-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist, Feminism & feminist theory, Literature: history & criticism, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women & girls, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form