Wuthering Heights

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Ce livre fait peut-être partie de la série A Norton critical edition.

This Norton Critical Edition reprints, as it has in its previous two editions, a text that is a careful collation of both the 1847 and the 1850 editions of the novel. The numerous typographical errors of the 1847 edition have been corrected, and teh inappropriate changes Charlotte Bronte made to the 1850 manuscript of her sister's novel have been removed. the result is a responsible, clearly annotated edition complete with textual commentary.

New to this third edition are seventeen poems by Emily Bronte, which Charlotte Bronte selected for inclusion …

New to this third edition are seventeen poems by Emily Bronte, which Charlotte Bronte selected for inclusion in the 1850 edition of Withering Heights to introduce her sister to the public as a poet William M. Sale's "emily Bronte's History of Gondal" explores the connection between these poems and the prose history of the imaginary island of Gondal that Emily Bronte and her sister Anne wrote over a number of years. Also included are selections from Emily Bronte's diary, contemporary reviews of the novel, and Charlotte Bronte's preface and biographical introduction to the 1850 edition (prompted by the negativism of the book's reviewers). Emily Bronte's poems and diary excerpts are new to this edition, as are several contemporary reviews of the novel.

Six critical essays appear, and five of them are new. Charles Percy Sanger's germane essay on the structure of Wuthering Heights is again included. Two pieces by A. Stuart Daley examine, respectively, the significance of nature and chronology in the novel. In each of their critical investigations, Carol Jacobs, Nancy Armstrong, and J. Hillis Miller examine the problems of genre and critical reputation which to the present day continue to surround Wuthering Heights. (back cover)

290 éditions

Livre broché, 396 pages

Langue : English

Publié 6 août 1990 par Norton.

ISBN :: 978-0-393-95760-0
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Sujets

Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction.
Rejection (Psychology) -- Fiction.
Rural families -- Fiction.
Foundlings -- Fiction.
Yorkshire (England) -- Fiction.

Critiques

Gertie MacDowell a publié une critique de Wuthering Heights par Emily Brontë

A classic I respect but don't necessary like

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Avertissement sur le contenu Plot spoilers herein

Hot on the tails of 'Jane Eyre', I read 'Wuthering Heights' not knowing anything beyond that it concerned two families and their warring relationship.

This did not prepare me for the utterly gripping yet despicable plot. There is not a single likeable character in the entire novel. Even the narrators are not exempt and I found Nell particularly unreliable being an active participant/manipulator of events.

It is such a dark story! Yet it can mean different things to different people and that helps to explain its status as a classic. One can read the setting as a symbol of hell wherein nobody can ever escape from their torment, among many other themes that have been uncovered down through the years.

I did not like a single character however, I found Isabella's development the best of all. She not only escapes Heathcliff, but Brontë also offers us a glimpse of character depth when Hindley shows her his knife and gun and she shares the inner feeling that holding the knife brought to her. No other character gets such an opportunity to share such a hidde admission.

I plowed through this book and its structure supported if not enabled such progress. It started fairly quickly and kept going at a constant pace.

Would I read it again? Perhaps. I certainly share the respect it deserves as a classic of English literature, but I cannot love it like I do other books. It is just too dark for my usual preferences. But if you have not read it, I encourage you to do so.