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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. ... Read more

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From the unquiet earth...
This is a wonderful piece of detective work, and whether you agree with some of Chitham's conclusions and speculations or not, it is a joy to follow his reasoning and thought processes.

As I am still tweaking my own Emily Bronte novel at this time, this book has provided a great deal of interesting background to the development of The Heights, including its origins, and to Emily's life and her approach to writing.

One of Chitham's many useful contributions is his methodical proving of the existence of a second Emily Bronte novel. While I do not concur with his assessment of the probable content of that novel, I very much enjoyed reading this and all of his ideas.

His obvious respect for the work of other great Bronte scholars, such as Stevie Davies (Emily Bronte: Heretic, Four Dreamers And Emily) only reinforces his own open-mindedness and broad-based, meticulous research.

Excellent. ... Read more

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The Bront sisters won immortality through their novels, butthey and their brother Branwell were also outstanding poets. Thisgenerous selection of their best poems gives readers access to thepersonal feelings and observations woven into their great novels, fromAnne's loneliness as a governess to the thrill Emily felt on the wildmoors. ... Read more

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Harold Bloom suggests Emily Bronte?s Wuthering Heights ?is one of those canonical works or classics that reward readers at ever level of literary sophistication.? Along with a collection of some of the best criticism available on her work, this text includes a brief biography of the author, structural and thematic analysis, an index of themes and ideas, and more.

The title, Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, part of Chelsea House Publishers' Modern Critical Interpretations series, presents the most important 20th-century criticism on Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights through extracts of critical essays by well-known literary critics.This collection of criticism also features a short biography on Emily Bronte, a chronology of the author's life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University. ... Read more

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Not likeable, but likeable!
I too read this book for high school. I found myself not liking any of the characters and wondering how I could like a book with such an unlikeable cast! I soon realised, however, that the point is not to 'like' thecharacters particularly (as we are made to do in most modern books andmovies) but to see their struggles, passion and lives for what they are.Life is hard, life can be ugly.Another thing that struck me was theintense love and devotion to Catherine from such an unloveable being asHeathcliff. The story tells me that Catherine and Heathcliff could onlyreally love each other.My advice is read this book. You may not likeall the characters and you can forget all the romance cliches, but it isvaluable to know both as a piece for school and a tragic story. Oh, anddo read Joseph's parts aloud-it helps!

Wow, what a waste of my time!
I am a senior in high school...My teacher loves this book for some WEIRD reason.. She made all kinds of hype over it and made it sound like a great book and we would love it.How wrong she was!!!I don't think one personin class liked the book, and most of us are advanced readers.At any rate,the teacher still thinks its a great book and tries to ignore the fact thatnobody likes it.The storyline is boring ...its someone telling anotherstory....when half the characters have the same name and its really hard tofigure out who is doing what and who is who at times!I wish I didn't haveto read this book!

This novel was really complicated and a waste of my time.
I don't understand why we (seniors) had to read Wuthering Heights in order to graduate.The book has nothing to do with us at all.The book was really complicated and the movie was worse.Why did they use the samecharacters over and over again.And by the way, how old was Nelly Deananyway?This book really sucked. ... Read more

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A Student's Guide to Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë is a general introduction to one of the great English novels of the nineteenth century.Misunderstood by most critics and commentators upon its publication in 1847, the story of Catherine and Heathcliff and their peers and descendants slowly became recognized as the work of a genius and is now on nearly every list of recommended books for both high school and college students.However, many students today find the novel difficult to read and understand because of its language and its setting; especially challenging to some are the sections in which characters speak in the Yorkshire dialect.This guide provides an easy-to-use glossary of that dialect and translations of the dialogue.It also includes discussions of the social, economic, and political background of the period (the last part of the eighteenth and the first part of the nineteenth centuries). ... Read more

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Unquiet slumberers...
While I am more familiar with Stevie's non-fiction works, including the indispensible Emily Bronte: Heretic, I found this novel to be absolutely delightful.

Even though I found the style to be a little narrative-heavy in places, Four Dreamers manages to entertain at every level. Anyone who has attended Bronte conferences or even joined Bronte listgroups on the Net, will recognize the spectrum of zany zealots that Stevie presents here. Incredibly, while the wackiness of the competing 'definitive theories' may seem laughably far-fetched, it is in fact, frighteningly representative of the reality.

Very strong characters, and a beautifully woven story, although I found the ending, though evocative, to be somewhat anti-climactic.

Two thumbs up... (Gorgeous photo of Stevie on the back cover flap.)

This novel renewed my faith in modern literature.
I enjoyed this book tremendously. The plot revolves around four people from varied backgrounds who are all interested, to some extent, in Emily Bronte. Their lives become intetwined and changed by each other, mostly through surprising effects of simple often unintentional acts of kindness.

While many social issues are referenced there is nothing strident or pedantic about this book, humor abounds throughout! To top it off the writing is exquisite and I will be lining up to read her next, should she be kind enough to write another!

An entertaining send-up of academia.
In the vein of "Moo", this book sends up several academic types, each in their own search for Emily Bronte at a conference dedicated to her in England.The writer manages to be touching, as well as funny, in her portrayal of the characters' relationships.

Poignant, funny, tender--compulsively readable.
This is a beautiful novel; funny, tender, poignant.Over it all is the spirit of Emily Bronte herself; but it is also a story of four lives touched by Emily's greatness, each flawed in their own way yet most sympathetic.The novel is compulsively readable, with a light touch yet a pervasive sense of tragedy.It is also in the tradition of spoof academia, a la AS Byatt or David Lodge, and the description of the Bronte conference is hilarious.Highly recommended ... Read more

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Although the Brontës have long fascinated readers of fiction and biography, their poetry was all too little known until this pioneering selection by Stevie Davies, the novelist and critic.Charlotte (1816-1855) is certainly a competent poet, and Anne (1820-1849) developed a distinctive voice, while Emily (1818-1848) is one of the great women poets in English.

All three sisters, as Stevie Davies remarks in her introduction, were Romantic in inspiration, writing poetry of passionate personal feeling and of pure imagination.They share certain themes-liberty, loneliness, love-and harbor the myth of a lost paradise.Read together with their novels, the poems movingly elucidate the ideas around which the narratives revolve.And they surprise us out of our conventional notions of the sisters' personalities: Emily's rebelliousness, for example, is counterbalanced here by great tenderness.

This selection of over seventy poems gives an idea of the variety of thought and feeling within each author's work, and of the way in which the poems of these three remarkable writers parallel and reflect each other. ... Read more

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The Everyman's Library Pocket Poets hardcover series is popular for its compact size and reasonable price which does not compromise content. Poems: Bronte contains poems that demonstrate a sensibility elemental in its force with an imaginative discipline and flexibility of the highest order. Also included are an Editor's Note and an index of first lines. ... Read more

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When Nothing Else Will Do
Have you ever been at wits' end? Perhaps you believe in God but are shaking your fist at the sky and asking 'What are You thinking? How could you do this to me?' Then add for a bit more drama rejection, rejection and more rejection from those who don't understand one's unique artistic point of view. Last, add a dash of difficulty - yourself - you're not easy to deal with and bottomline the conventional is not your style. Then, you'll adore this book of poems by Emily Bronte. Most known for "Wuthering Heights" (which when repeatedly rejected by publishers - she would pack it up in the same wrapping and send it on again); some do not know what a great poet she was. Every facet of the human condition is explored in this little book - so readable, accessible, poignant and brilliant. For me, I never tire of reading it. And it's lovely to know that...she is still here.

Bronte is fantastic!
I dedicated one of the poems in my recently published book of poems to Emily Bronte, and did so after falling in love with her own poetry. What divine spark burned within her bosom? What muses inspired her? Although we may never know, we can see their impact. Her poems are stunning, powerful, curious, entrancing.

Bronte is fantastic!
I dedicated one of the poems in my recently published book of poems to Emily Bronte, and did so after falling in love with her own poetry. What divine spark burned within her bosom? What muses inspired her? Although we may never know, we can see their impact. Her poems are stunning, powerful, curious, entancing.

I thaught it was spellbinding!
This book is spellbinding and captivating. I couldn't put it down once I started it. ... Read more

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Series Editors: James Nagel, University of Georgia; Zack Bowen, University of Miami and Robert Lecker, McGill University

The full range of literary traditions comes to life in the Twayne Critical Essays Series. Volume editors have carefully selected critical essays that represent the full spectrum of controversies, trends and methodologies relating to each author's work. Essays include writings from the author's native country and abroad, with interpretations from the time they were writing, through the present day. Each volume includes:

• An introduction providing the reader with a lucid overview of criticism from itsbeginnings-illuminating controversies, evaluating approaches, and sorting out the schools of thought
• The most influential reviews and the best reprinted scholarly essays
• A section devoted exclusively to reviews and reactions by the subject's contemporaries
• Original essays, new translations, and revisions commissioned especially for the series
• Previously unpublished materials such as interviews, lost letters andmanuscript fragments
• A bibliography of the subject's writings and interviews
• A name and subject index

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the best essay collection on emily brontë and her work
If you don't have any collection of articles about Emily Brontë or her work (or have only the Bloom's little book, or the selection in Norton Edition or Linda Peterson's one) this is one of the best to own (the other alternative being the TWO Macmillan Casebooks on Wuthering Heights). But this book, like the old Anne Smith (ed.) one, has also important studies on the life and religion (so to speak) of Emily, and covers also an often neglected field: her poems! OK, it's hardcover and it's not cheap, but is something of a must. ... Read more

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Harold Bloom suggests Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights "is one of those canonical works or classics that reward readers at ever level of literary sophistication." Along with a collection of some of the best criticism available on her work, this text includes a brief biography of the author, structural and thematic analysis, an index of themes and ideas, and more. This series is edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University; Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School. These texts are the ideal aid for all students of literature, presenting concise, easy-to-understand biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on a specific literary work. Also provided are multiple sources for book reports and term papers with a wealth of information on literary works, authors, and major characters. ... Read more

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Stands the test of time
the unknowledgeable who said the book is a waste of time(look above) have no clue how to comprehend this book. it is a book that showed me all facets of life. it is about true love, and the power it can have on us--good or bad. this book is about manipulation, power struggles, and blind love. many of the relationships in this book are created out of spite, ignorance, or greed. this book showed me that love can create more emotions than just happiness. it can be wild and unruley also.

It's all good
This book was exceptionally well written.It is terrible how the majority of books are all happy and perky and there is never a cloud in the sky. In this book, Bronte snapped me back to the reality that there is unhappiness in the world andyou have to live with it. She showed that love lasts through all darkness and bad situations. So if you are looking for a good historic love story, but not a "Happily Ever After" this is your best bet.

Horrible!
My advice on this book: don't waste your time!If you are very strange and want to improve your strangeness with more strangeness, then go right ahead.But I should've read something better.It is not a very realistic picture of the world or something that would inspire you to be closer in your walk with the Lord.If there was a slot where you could put in0 stars that would be what I rate it.

My Review of Wuthering Heights
When Cathy's father brings home a dirty orphan, she doesn't know what to think. She comes to know the boy and befriends him, while her brother treats him badly. A couple months later, Cathy's father dies, and herbrother is left head of the house. He makes Heathcliff, the boy who wastaken in, a servant. As they get older Cathy and Heathcliff fall in love.Until one day, Cathy goes away and doesn't come back for a while. When shefinally comes back to visit, she has fallen in love with Edgar Linton, arich, upperclass man. This makes Heathcliff extremely jealous. When Cathyis lying on her deathbed, she tells Heathcliff she loves him, and when shedies Heathcliff tells her to haunt him and never leave him. This story is agreat tale of undying love and the extents people will go for the one theylove. The story had many interesting twists, but the ending left mesatisfied.

My Review of Wuthering Heights
Cathy's dad brings home a Heathcliff, an orphin he found in the streets one day and lets him live with the family. A couple of months later Cathy's father dies and her brother makes him the family servant. Cathy andHeathcliff are secretly in love but it would never work out. Cathy movesaway and gets married and comes back home and visits. She realizes her lovefor Heathcliff and things start getting interesting. I liked the book. Iliked the book because it was very romantic. The plot had interestingtwists and turns but I still was satisfied with the ending. ... Read more