Violence and the Bronts by Sophie Franklin - 9781399523004

Name: Violence and the Bronts by Sophie Franklin - 9781399523004
Brand: Edinburgh University Press

Edinburgh University Press

Violence and the BrontsLanguage, Reception, Afterlives\nAuthor(s): Sophie Franklin\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Edinburgh University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Edinburgh University Press\nISBN-13: 9781399523004, 978-1399523004\nSynopsis\nThe well-known and well-loved writings of Anne, Charlotte and Emily Bront are full of violence. From the many battles waged in their early writings to the violent emotions and threats expressed in their published novels, the Bronts representations of brutality shocked Victorian reviewers and continue to surprise readers in the twenty-first century. Violence and the Bronts accounts for such intense reactions by reading the sisters literary violences as transformational, encompassing harm, pain and suffering while at times also signalling creativity and even renewal. Through a new reading of the Bronts major works, as well as film, stage and television adaptations, this book argues that violence is at the centre of the Bronts imaginative engageme.