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Birth of Wuthering Heights : Emily Bronte at Work

Name: Birth of Wuthering Heights : Emily Bronte at Work
Author: Edward Chitham
ISBN: 9780333945452

by Edward Chitham

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Chitham argues that Wuthering Heights was recast and expanded between its first submission to a publisher in 1846 and its final acceptance and publication in late 1847. He suggests that the well-known chronological coherence of the book was an innovation of the second version and explores the anomalies which still remain.

About the Author, Edward Chitham

Edward Chitham is a renowned Brontë scholar and Editor of the Brontë Society Transactions.

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Explores the ways in which Emily Bront<:e> set about the composition of her poetry and novel and discusses the probable contents of her second novel. Provides insight into her mind and working methods, showing that she wrote from direct inspiration and then recast her work under the influence of rational planning. Makes use of new discoveries which show that she had made translation of Virgil and Horace, and examines anomalies and inconsistencies between the version of the novel first submission to a publisher and its final acceptance. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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This is a paperbound reprint of a 1998 work in which Chitham, who is seriously engaged in study of the Bront<:e>s, explores Emily Bront<:e>'s mind and working methods, showing that she wrote from direct inspiration and then recast her work under the influence of rational planning. He makes use of new discoveries that show she had made translations of Virgil and Horace, and examines anomalies and inconsistencies between the version of the novel first submitted to a publisher and its final acceptance. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)