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Bronte Sisters: Life, Loss & Literature

$45.00

Bronte Sisters: Life, Loss & Literature

SKU: 9781526703125 Category: Product ID: 255610

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Title: Bronte Sisters: Life, Loss & Literature
Author: RAYNER CATHERINE
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 28/02/2018
Imprint: PEN & SWORD
Price: $45.00
Publishing status: Active

Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall…these fictional masterpieces are all
recognised as landmarks of English Literature. Still inspirational and challenging to readers today,
upon release in the mid-nineteenth century they caused a veritable sensation, chiefly due to their
subject matter and unconventional styles. But the greatest sensation of all came when these
books were revealed to be the creations of women. This is the story of those women and of the
forces that shaped them into trailblazing writers. From early childhood, literature and the world
of books held the attention and sparked the fertile imaginations of the emotionally intense and
fascinating Bronte siblings. Beset by tragedy, three outlets existed for their grief and their
creative talents; they escaped into books, into the wild moorlands surrounding their home and
into their own rich inner lives and an intricate play-world born out of their collective imaginations.
In this new study, Catherine Rayner offers a full and fascinating exploration of the formative
years of these bright children, taking us on a journey from their earliest years to their tragically
early deaths. The Bronte girls grew into women who were unafraid to write themselves into
territories previously only visited by male authors. In addition, they tackled all the taboo subjects
of their time; divorce, child abuse, bigamy, domestic violence, class, female depression and
mental illness. Nothing was beyond their scope and it is especially for this ability and
determination to speak for women, the marginalised and the disadvantaged that they are
remembered and celebrated today, two hundred years after their births in the quiet Yorkshire
village of Haworth. This timely release offers a fresh perspective on a fascinating family and a
unique trio of talented and trailblazing sisters whose books will doubtless continue to haunt and
inspire for generations to come.

ISBN: 9781526703125