The Essence of the Brontës: A Compilation with Essays
Oct 2014 · Carcanet Press Limited
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First published in 1993, this book brings together Muriel Spark's writings on the Brontë sisters, including a selection of their letters and a selection of Emily Brontë's poems. Perceptively but unsentimentally, Spark considers the Brontës' lives and works, including their generally disastrous attempts at teaching, and reflects on her own fascination, as a writer and a reader, with Emily Brontë and with "the immortal Wuthering Heights and its nightmare hero." This edition features a new foreword by Boyd Tonkin, the literary editor at the Independent.
First published in 1993, this book brings together Muriel Spark's writings on the Brontë sisters, including a selection of their letters and a selection of Emily Brontë's poems. Perceptively but unsentimentally, Spark considers the Brontës' lives and works, including their generally disastrous at...
About the author
Muriel Spark was an acclaimed novelist and poet. She became Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1993 in recognition of her contributions to literature, was awarded the Golden PEN Award in 1998, and was twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize. She is the author of several books, including The Comforters, Loitering with Intent, The Mandelbaum Gate, and The Public Image.
Muriel Spark was an acclaimed novelist and poet. She became Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1993 in recognition of her contributions to literature, was awarded the Golden PEN Award in 1998, and was twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize. She is the author of several books, in...
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