Wuthering HeightsWuthering Heights
Series Editor: Robert Lecker, McGill University.Written in an easy-to-read, accessible style by teachers with years of classroom experience, MASTERWORK STUDIES are guides to the literary works most frequently studied in high school. Presenting ideas that spark imaginations, these books help students to gain background knowledge on great literature useful for papers and exams. The goal of each study is to encourage creative thinking by presenting engaging information about each work and its author. This approach allows students to arrive at sound analyses of their own, based on in-depth studies of popular literature. Each volume: illuminates themes and concepts of a classic text; uses clear, conversational language; is an accessible, manageable length from 140 to 170 pages; includes a chronology of the authors life and era; provides an overview of the historical context; offers a summary of its critical reception; and lists primary and secondary sources and index.
Argues that Emily Brontd's novel is about the perceptions and uses of domestic, bodily, and textual spaces by men and women, focusing on Catherine's diary as a reflection of her oppression by and rebellion against a patriarchal society. Discusses the novel in its historical, literary, and critical contexts, and presents a seven-part reading of the novel concentrating on individual characters. Paper edition (unseen), $13.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Examines the historical, literary, and critical context of Emily Bronte's classic novel
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- New York : Twayne Publishers ; London : Prentice Hall, c1996.
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