Charlotte Bronte Revisited - A View From the 21st Century

Charlotte Bronte Revisited looks again at Charlotte Brontë's life and work through 21st-century eyes. Discover her private world of convention, rebellion, and imagination, and how they shaped her life, writing, and obsessions—including the paranormal, nature, feminism and politics. 
Everybody knows Charlotte Brontë. World-famous for her novel Jane Eyre, she's a giant of literature and has been written about in reverential tones in scores of textbooks over the years. But what do we really know about Charlotte?
This is a celebration of all things Charlotte Brontë, and emphatically shows why her writing was so far ahead of its time, and is as relevant today as ever.

A propos de l'auteur

Dr Sophie Franklin is a lecturer and researcher in the English department at Tübingen University, in Germany. Her research specializes in nineteenth-century literature and culture, with expertise in representations of violence, the Brontës, and afterlives. She has taught at several institutions, and received her PhD from Durham University in England after receiving a First Class Honors degree from St Andrews University, Scotland.

Résumé

An indispensable guide for students and literature lovers, and emphatically shows why Charlotte is as relevant today as she ever was.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Sophia Franklin, Sophie Franklin, Franklin Sophie
• Edition: Saraband
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781912235247
• ISBN: 978-1-912235-24-7
• Thème: Women Writers Rediscovered
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits) > Correspondance, journaux intimes; Littérature spécialisée > Art, littérature > Biographies, autobiographies; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Biography: writers