The Brontës as Gothic Writers by James Thomas Quinnell

The Brontës as Gothic Writers by James Thomas Quinnell

This book is the first extended study of the importance of Gothic for an appreciation of the Brontës’ writing. It resituates Gothic from the mode that gives the pleasing sensation of terror to being the source of the Brontës’ deepest preoccupations – it is the mode they use to register anxieties and fears. This monograph, through a consideration of Gothic states and places, explores the Brontës’ creative work with the genre. The author argues that to read the Brontës as Gothic poets and novelists is also to read them as post-Romantics, as they respond to the Gothic imaginations of such Romantic poets as Wordsworth, Coleridge and Shelley. Gothic in the Brontës, then, is not merely a collection of tropes or even an aesthetic, but a way in which they read the world.

James Quinnell is an independent scholar, and Head of English at Farnborough Hill School in Hampshire.

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ISBN 13	9781837722525
ISBN 10	1837722528
Title	The Brontës as Gothic Writers
Author	James Thomas Quinnell
Series	Gothic Literary Studies
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	University of Wales Press
Year published	2025-04-15
Number of pages	272
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