Charlotte BrontE Legacies and afterlives offers a timely reflection on the author's life and work in the context of the bicentenary of her birth. BrontE's legacy continues to evolve and the new essays in this volume, covering the period from her first publication to the present day, explain why she has remained at the forefront of western, indeed global, literary cultures.
The contributors to this volume engage innovatively with the rich variety of afterlives enjoyed by characters such as Jane Eyre and Rochester in neo-Victorian fiction, cinema and television, on the...
Charlotte BrontE Legacies and afterlives offers a timely reflection on the author's life and work in the context of the bicentenary of her...
This edition is the first to reproduce John Addington Symonds's Memoirs in its entirety. The manuscript survives because Symonds recognised its import, however 'foolish': he instructed his literary executor to preserve the text, a duty ultimately discharged by placing the manuscript under embargo in the care of the London Library.
This edition is the first to reproduce John Addington Symonds's Memoirs in its entirety. The manuscript survives because Symonds recognised its import...