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Emily Brontë
Steven Vine
Pages: 1 - 178
Swansea University Author: Steven Vine
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The book begins with an examination of Brontë’s life, considering the meaning of the ‘silence’ in which she lived and the illnesses into which she plunged when away from home. Building on recent feminist criticism, it shows how Brontë’s life can be read as a silent demand for emancipation. Later cha...
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Twayne
New York
1998
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