Examining the Bronte sisters and their background, and providing a historical and political context for reading their work, this "Preface "summarizes the principal critical attitudes taken towards the Brontes in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Their principal influences and constraints are examined, together with the key texts - "Jane Eyre Villette", "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall", "Wuthering Heights and "Emily Bronte's poetry. A concluding reference section offers brief biographies and a listing of original manuscripts and collections.
- ISBN10 0582437636
- ISBN13 9780582437630
- Publish Date 17 August 2000 (first published 24 April 1989)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 23 October 2002
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Pearson Education Limited
- Format Paperback
- Pages 240
- Language English