I reread *The Tenant of Wildfell Hall* because I had seen the most unhinged terminally online review which was arguing it was not a feminist work because Helen is too much of a doormat and does not immediately leave her husband.  This is similar to the insights I have seen where Oscar Wilde is accused of queerbaiting because there is no open ( Read more... )

I want to shout out to Frederick Enoch, a very perceptive reader, who in 1846 bought a copy of the collected poems of the Brontes (published as Acton, Currer and Ellis Bell ( Read more... )

As it turned out, I lost heart at the thought of rereading *Wuthering Heights*.  It’s such a jumbled mess of over the top emotions, psychic doubling and despair.  Instead, I reread *The Tenant of Wildfeld Hall* which offers a lovely antidote to the craziness of *Wuthering Heights ( Read more... )

I read *The Brontes: Selected Poems*, edited by Juliet R.V. Barker (1985). I was given it as a teen and I still really appreciate the work in it, especially Emily Bronte's. (In some ways I think her over the top romanticism works best in the form of poetry rather than the novel ( Read more... )

29 January - Poetry of the Brontes.

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