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The Birth of "Wuthering Heights". Emily Bronte at Work.
Edward Chitham
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Description for The Birth of "Wuthering Heights". Emily Bronte at Work.
Paperback. This book develops the theory that 'Wuthering Heights' was recast and expanded between its first submission to a publisher in 1846 and its final acceptance and publication in 1847, argues that the chronological coherence of the book was an innovation of the second version and explores the anomolies which still remain. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
In The Birth of Wuthering Heights , Edward Chitham explores the sources of Emily Brontë's inspiration and the ways in which she composed her poetry and her one major novel This key study discusses the probable content of her unfinished second novel and also makes use of new discoveries to show that Emily Brontë was not only well-read in the classics, but that she had also made her own translations of Virgil and Horace. It also foregrounds the publishing history of Wuthering Heights , revealing how the original text was almost doubled in size from its first submission to a ... Read more
In The Birth of Wuthering Heights , Edward Chitham explores the sources of Emily Brontë's inspiration and the ways in which she composed her poetry and her one major novel This key study discusses the probable content of her unfinished second novel and also makes use of new discoveries to show that Emily Brontë was not only well-read in the classics, but that she had also made her own translations of Virgil and Horace. It also foregrounds the publishing history of Wuthering Heights , revealing how the original text was almost doubled in size from its first submission to a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
Number of Pages
218
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333945452
SKU
V9780333945452
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Ref
99-15
About Edward Chitham
EDWARD CHITHAM, Education Consultant for the National Association of Gifted Children, and Assistant Staff Tutor, Open University. He was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and Jesus College, Cambridge. His previous work includes local history, The Black Country, a children's novel, Ghost in the Water, and many works on the Brontës. He was for three years editor of Brontë Society ... Read more
Reviews for The Birth of "Wuthering Heights". Emily Bronte at Work.
'Anagramatic exploration of names, scouring of maps and locations...a startling dexterity with dates, a breathtaking clarity in complexity are all displayed in what is nothing less than a tour-de-force. For all who continue to be intrigued by the mysteries of Emily Brontë's elusive genius, this is a book to be read at a sitting and then to keep to hand. ... Read more