The Essence of the Brontës
A Compilation with Essays
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Women Authors, British
| Author: | Muriel Spark | ISBN: | 9781847774705 |
| Publisher: | Carcanet Press Ltd. | Publication: | October 1, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Carcanet Press Ltd. | Language: | English |
| Author: | Muriel Spark |
| ISBN: | 9781847774705 |
| Publisher: | Carcanet Press Ltd. |
| Publication: | October 1, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Carcanet Press Ltd. |
| Language: | English |
First published in 1993, this book brings together Muriel Spark’s writings on the Brontë sisters, including a selection of their letters and a selection of Emily Brontë’s poems. Perceptively but unsentimentally, Spark considers the Brontës’ lives and works, including their generally disastrous attempts at teaching, and reflects on her own fascination, as a writer and a reader, with Emily Brontë and with “the immortal Wuthering Heights and its nightmare hero.” This edition features a new foreword by Boyd Tonkin, the literary editor at the Independent.
First published in 1993, this book brings together Muriel Spark’s writings on the Brontë sisters, including a selection of their letters and a selection of Emily Brontë’s poems. Perceptively but unsentimentally, Spark considers the Brontës’ lives and works, including their generally disastrous attempts at teaching, and reflects on her own fascination, as a writer and a reader, with Emily Brontë and with “the immortal Wuthering Heights and its nightmare hero.” This edition features a new foreword by Boyd Tonkin, the literary editor at the Independent.
