The Bronts in Context [Paperback]

Crammed with information, The Bront?s in Context shows how the Bront?s' fiction interacts with the spirit of the time.The forty-two new essays in this book tell 'the Bront? story' as it has never been told before, drawing on the latest research while offering new perspectives on the writings of the sisters. The works are explored in the context of social, political and cultural developments in early-nineteenth-century Britain.The forty-two new essays in this book tell 'the Bront? story' as it has never been told before, drawing on the latest research while offering new perspectives on the writings of the sisters. The works are explored in the context of social, political and cultural developments in early-nineteenth-century Britain.Very few families produce one outstanding writer. The Bront? family produced three. The works of Charlotte, Emily and Anne remain immensely popular, and are increasingly being studied in relation to the surroundings and wider context that formed them. The forty-two new essays in this book tell 'the Bront? story' as it has never been told before, drawing on the latest research and the best available scholarship while offering new perspectives on the writings of the sisters. A section on Bront? criticism traces their reception to the present day. The works of the sisters are explored in the context of social, political and cultural developments in early-nineteenth-century Britain, with attention given to religion, education, art, print culture, agriculture, law and medicine. Crammed with information, The Bront?s in Context shows how the Bront?s' fiction interacts with the spirit of the time, suggesting reasons for its enduring fascination.Chronology; Introduction Marianne Thorm?hlen; Part I. Places, Persons and Publishing: 1. Haworth in the time of the Bront?s Michael Baumber; 2. Domestic life at Haworth Parsonage Ann Dinsdale; 3. Northern-England locations associated with the Bront?s' lives and works Ann Dinsdale; 4. The father of the Bronl³D