The Brontës in Context.

By: Thormählen, MarianneMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Literature in ContextPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (426 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781139844451Subject(s): Authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography | Brontë family | English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticismGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Brontës in ContextDDC classification: 823.809 LOC classification: PR4168 .B775 2012Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- THE BRONTËS IN CONTEXT -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Chronology -- Abbreviations and editions -- ABBREVIATIONS -- EDITIONS -- Anne Brontë -- Charlotte Brontë -- Emily Brontë -- Map of Haworth and its surroundings -- Map of the Brontës' region of Yorkshire and Lancashire -- Introduction -- NOTES -- PART I: Places, persons and publishing -- Chapter 1 Haworth in the time of the Brontës -- NOTES -- Chapter 2 Domestic life at Haworth Parsonage -- HAWORTH PARSONAGE -- DAILY ROUTINE -- FOOD -- NEEDLEWORK -- HEATING AND LIGHTING -- WASHING -- SANITATION -- NOTES -- Chapter 3 Locations in northern England associated with the Brontës' lives and works -- JANE EYRE -- SHIRLEY -- WUTHERING HEIGHTS -- AGNES GREY AND THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL -- NOTES -- Chapter 4 The father of the Brontës -- NOTES -- Chapter 5 A mother and her substitutes: Maria Brontë (née Branwell), Elizabeth Branwell and Margaret Wooler -- MARIA BRONTË (NÉE BRANWELL) (1783-1821) -- ELIZABETH 'AUNT' BRANWELL (1776-1842) -- MARGARET WOOLER (1792-1883) -- NOTES -- Chapter 6 Patrick Branwell Brontë -- NOTES -- Chapter 7 Charlotte Brontë -- NOTES -- Chapter 8 Emily Brontë -- NOTES -- Chapter 9 Anne Brontë -- NOTES -- Chapter 10 Friends, servants and a husband -- NOTES -- Chapter 11 The Brontës' sibling bonds -- NOTES -- Chapter 12 Juvenilia -- NOTES -- Chapter 13 The Brussels experience -- NOTES -- Chapter 14 The Brontë correspondence -- NOTES -- Chapter 15 Portraits of the Brontës -- NOTES -- Chapter 16 The poetry of the Brontës -- NOTES -- Chapter 17 Literary influences on the Brontës -- NOTES -- Chapter 18 The Brontës' way into print -- NOTES -- Chapter 19 Reading the Brontës: their first audiences -- NOTES -- PART II: Scholarship, criticism, adaptations and translations.
Chapter 20 Brontë biography: a survey of a genre -- NOTES -- Chapter 21 Mid-nineteenth-century critical responses to the Brontës -- NOTES -- Chapter 22 Brontë scholarship and criticism, 1920-1970 -- NOTES -- Chapter 23 Brontë scholarship and criticism, c. 1970-2000 -- NOTES -- Chapter 24 Current trends in Brontë criticism and scholarship -- NOTES -- Chapter 25 Adaptations, prequels, sequels, translations -- NOTES -- PART III: Historical and cultural contexts -- Chapter 26 Religion -- NOTES -- Chapter 27 The philosophical-intellectual context -- NOTES -- Chapter 28 Education -- NOTES -- Chapter 29 Art and music -- NOTES -- Chapter 30 Natural history -- NOTES -- Chapter 31 Politics -- NOTES -- Chapter 32 Newspapers and magazines -- NOTES -- Chapter 33 Agriculture and industry -- NOTES -- Chapter 34 Transport and travel -- NOTES -- Chapter 35 Law -- NOTES -- Chapter 36 Class -- NOTES -- Chapter 37 Careers for middle-class women -- WOMEN AND EDUCATION -- WOMEN AND WRITING -- ALTERNATIVE WORK FOR MIDDLE-CLASS WOMEN -- NOTES -- Chapter 38 Marriage and family life -- NOTES -- Chapter 39 Dress -- NOTES -- Chapter 40 Sexuality -- NOTES -- Chapter 41 Physical health -- NOTES -- Chapter 42 Mental health -- NOTES -- Further reading -- 1. HAWORTH IN THE TIME OF THE BRONTËS -- 2. DOMESTIC LIFE AT HAWORTH PARSONAGE -- 3. LOCATIONS IN NORTHERN ENGLAND ASSOCIATED WITH THE BRONTËS' LIVES AND WORKS -- 4. THE FATHER OF THE BRONTËS -- 5. A MOTHER AND HER SUBSTITUTES -- 6. PATRICK BRANWELL BRONTË -- 7. CHARLOTTE BRONTË -- 8. EMILY BRONTË -- 9. ANNE BRONTË -- 10. FRIENDS, SERVANTS AND A HUSBAND -- 11. THE BRONTËS' SIBLING BONDS -- 12. JUVENILIA -- 13. THE BRUSSELS EXPERIENCE -- 14. THE BRONTË CORRESPONDENCE -- 15. PORTRAITS OF THE BRONTËS -- 16. THE POETRY OF THE BRONTËS -- 17. LITERARY INFLUENCES ON THE BRONTËS.
18. THE BRONTËS' WAY INTO PRINT AND19. READING THE BRONTËS: THEIR FIRST AUDIENCES -- 19. READING THE BRONTE S̈: THEIR FIRST AUDIENCES -- 20. BRONTË BIOGRAPHY: A SURVEY OF A GENRE -- 21. MID-NINETEENTH-CENTURY CRITICAL RESPONSES TO THE BRONTËS -- 22. BRONTË SCHOLARSHIP AND CRITICISM, 1920-1970 -- 23. BRONTË SCHOLARSHIP AND CRITICISM, C. 1970-2000 -- 25. ADAPTATIONS, PREQUELS, SEQUELS, TRANSLATIONS -- 26. RELIGION -- 27. THE PHILOSOPHICAL-INTELLECTUAL CONTEXT -- 28. EDUCATION -- 29. ART AND MUSIC -- 30. NATURAL HISTORY -- 31. POLITICS -- 32. NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES -- 33. AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRY -- 34. TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL -- 35. LAW -- 36. CLASS -- 37. CAREERS FOR MIDDLE-CLASS WOMEN -- 38. MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIFE -- 39. DRESS -- 40. SEXUALITY -- 41. PHYSICAL HEALTH -- 42. MENTAL HEALTH -- Index.
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Cover -- THE BRONTËS IN CONTEXT -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Chronology -- Abbreviations and editions -- ABBREVIATIONS -- EDITIONS -- Anne Brontë -- Charlotte Brontë -- Emily Brontë -- Map of Haworth and its surroundings -- Map of the Brontës' region of Yorkshire and Lancashire -- Introduction -- NOTES -- PART I: Places, persons and publishing -- Chapter 1 Haworth in the time of the Brontës -- NOTES -- Chapter 2 Domestic life at Haworth Parsonage -- HAWORTH PARSONAGE -- DAILY ROUTINE -- FOOD -- NEEDLEWORK -- HEATING AND LIGHTING -- WASHING -- SANITATION -- NOTES -- Chapter 3 Locations in northern England associated with the Brontës' lives and works -- JANE EYRE -- SHIRLEY -- WUTHERING HEIGHTS -- AGNES GREY AND THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL -- NOTES -- Chapter 4 The father of the Brontës -- NOTES -- Chapter 5 A mother and her substitutes: Maria Brontë (née Branwell), Elizabeth Branwell and Margaret Wooler -- MARIA BRONTË (NÉE BRANWELL) (1783-1821) -- ELIZABETH 'AUNT' BRANWELL (1776-1842) -- MARGARET WOOLER (1792-1883) -- NOTES -- Chapter 6 Patrick Branwell Brontë -- NOTES -- Chapter 7 Charlotte Brontë -- NOTES -- Chapter 8 Emily Brontë -- NOTES -- Chapter 9 Anne Brontë -- NOTES -- Chapter 10 Friends, servants and a husband -- NOTES -- Chapter 11 The Brontës' sibling bonds -- NOTES -- Chapter 12 Juvenilia -- NOTES -- Chapter 13 The Brussels experience -- NOTES -- Chapter 14 The Brontë correspondence -- NOTES -- Chapter 15 Portraits of the Brontës -- NOTES -- Chapter 16 The poetry of the Brontës -- NOTES -- Chapter 17 Literary influences on the Brontës -- NOTES -- Chapter 18 The Brontës' way into print -- NOTES -- Chapter 19 Reading the Brontës: their first audiences -- NOTES -- PART II: Scholarship, criticism, adaptations and translations.

Chapter 20 Brontë biography: a survey of a genre -- NOTES -- Chapter 21 Mid-nineteenth-century critical responses to the Brontës -- NOTES -- Chapter 22 Brontë scholarship and criticism, 1920-1970 -- NOTES -- Chapter 23 Brontë scholarship and criticism, c. 1970-2000 -- NOTES -- Chapter 24 Current trends in Brontë criticism and scholarship -- NOTES -- Chapter 25 Adaptations, prequels, sequels, translations -- NOTES -- PART III: Historical and cultural contexts -- Chapter 26 Religion -- NOTES -- Chapter 27 The philosophical-intellectual context -- NOTES -- Chapter 28 Education -- NOTES -- Chapter 29 Art and music -- NOTES -- Chapter 30 Natural history -- NOTES -- Chapter 31 Politics -- NOTES -- Chapter 32 Newspapers and magazines -- NOTES -- Chapter 33 Agriculture and industry -- NOTES -- Chapter 34 Transport and travel -- NOTES -- Chapter 35 Law -- NOTES -- Chapter 36 Class -- NOTES -- Chapter 37 Careers for middle-class women -- WOMEN AND EDUCATION -- WOMEN AND WRITING -- ALTERNATIVE WORK FOR MIDDLE-CLASS WOMEN -- NOTES -- Chapter 38 Marriage and family life -- NOTES -- Chapter 39 Dress -- NOTES -- Chapter 40 Sexuality -- NOTES -- Chapter 41 Physical health -- NOTES -- Chapter 42 Mental health -- NOTES -- Further reading -- 1. HAWORTH IN THE TIME OF THE BRONTËS -- 2. DOMESTIC LIFE AT HAWORTH PARSONAGE -- 3. LOCATIONS IN NORTHERN ENGLAND ASSOCIATED WITH THE BRONTËS' LIVES AND WORKS -- 4. THE FATHER OF THE BRONTËS -- 5. A MOTHER AND HER SUBSTITUTES -- 6. PATRICK BRANWELL BRONTË -- 7. CHARLOTTE BRONTË -- 8. EMILY BRONTË -- 9. ANNE BRONTË -- 10. FRIENDS, SERVANTS AND A HUSBAND -- 11. THE BRONTËS' SIBLING BONDS -- 12. JUVENILIA -- 13. THE BRUSSELS EXPERIENCE -- 14. THE BRONTË CORRESPONDENCE -- 15. PORTRAITS OF THE BRONTËS -- 16. THE POETRY OF THE BRONTËS -- 17. LITERARY INFLUENCES ON THE BRONTËS.

18. THE BRONTËS' WAY INTO PRINT AND19. READING THE BRONTËS: THEIR FIRST AUDIENCES -- 19. READING THE BRONTE S̈: THEIR FIRST AUDIENCES -- 20. BRONTË BIOGRAPHY: A SURVEY OF A GENRE -- 21. MID-NINETEENTH-CENTURY CRITICAL RESPONSES TO THE BRONTËS -- 22. BRONTË SCHOLARSHIP AND CRITICISM, 1920-1970 -- 23. BRONTË SCHOLARSHIP AND CRITICISM, C. 1970-2000 -- 25. ADAPTATIONS, PREQUELS, SEQUELS, TRANSLATIONS -- 26. RELIGION -- 27. THE PHILOSOPHICAL-INTELLECTUAL CONTEXT -- 28. EDUCATION -- 29. ART AND MUSIC -- 30. NATURAL HISTORY -- 31. POLITICS -- 32. NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES -- 33. AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRY -- 34. TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL -- 35. LAW -- 36. CLASS -- 37. CAREERS FOR MIDDLE-CLASS WOMEN -- 38. MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIFE -- 39. DRESS -- 40. SEXUALITY -- 41. PHYSICAL HEALTH -- 42. MENTAL HEALTH -- Index.

Crammed with information, The Brontës in Context shows how the Brontës' fiction interacts with the spirit of the time.

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