(FEMALE) DESIRE AND ROMANTIC ART IN ANNE BRONTË’S THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL Cover Image

(FEMALE) DESIRE AND ROMANTIC ART IN ANNE BRONTË’S THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL
(FEMALE) DESIRE AND ROMANTIC ART IN ANNE BRONTË’S THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL

Author(s): Nóra Séllei
Subject(s): Gender Studies
Published by: Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara

Summary/Abstract: "Constructed for posteriority by Charlotte Brontë as “the baby” of the family (Myth n.d.:11), described by their friend Ellen Nussey as “dear, gentle Anne” (Smith 1993:x), Anne Brontë has always been problematically positioned relative to her sisters. The reasons for this are multiple: first, biographical criticism has made her “meek and mild” (like Blake’s “Lamb”); second, her work has always been evalutated as of lower quality compared to Charlotte’s and Emily’s literary output; thirdly, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall created quite a bit of a stir on publication (see, for example, Smith 1993:ix, or Sullivan [2005:online], who states that “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall attracted negative criticism for its subject matter; it was described as" [...]

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 08
  • Page Range: 10-26
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: English
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