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EMILY BRONTË
Writers and Their Work, New Series |
subjects the Emily Bronte
myth to radical scrutiny |
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Northcote House (in association
with the British Council), Plymouth 1998 |
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This beautifully written and penetrating study
subjects the Emily Brontë myth to radical scrutiny, questioning
the validity of memorabilia and eye-witness accounts. Contrasting
her art with the daguerreotype realism coming into vogue in
the 1840s, Stevie Davies reads Emily Brontë's life in
terms of the image in Wuthering Heights of landmarks
buried or half-buried beneath drifting snow which disguises
or betrays underlying realities. This radical reading of Wuthering
Heights explores it as a poet's and musician's novel,
which can be 'scored' as in opera or the piano transcriptions
of symphonies, which Emily Brontë possessed and played.
Close study of her sheet music; her germinal Brussels essays;
books and journals in her possession; and translations of
her work into European languages demonstrate the phenomenal
intellectual range, originality and acuity of an author who
can be truly regarded as European. |
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