{"title":"Gimmerton in Wuthering Heights","authors":"G. Tytler","doi":"10.1080/14748932.2022.2147810","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Of no little significance in Wuthering Heights (1847) is the prominent part played by Gimmerton for various aesthetic purposes both serious and humorous. Thus, for example, whereas the village is referred to here and there for its geographical features and for its usefulness as a centre of commercial, professional and travel facilities, it is also noted for the extent to which its inhabitants are given to malicious gossip and mindless credulity. Especially striking for its structural and poetic functions, on the other hand, is the occasional mention of Gimmerton Kirk, chiefly as pertinent to the presentation of Catherine, Heathcliff and Edgar in their childhood and adulthood. Perhaps the most remarkable thing, however, is the fact that it is only on hearing the word 'Gimmerton’ mentioned while on his way to a quite different destination in the North that Lockwood is prompted to pay his final visit to Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange, thereby ensuring not only the completion of his diary but the very existence of Emily Brontë’s masterpiece.","PeriodicalId":42344,"journal":{"name":"Bronte Studies","volume":"48 1","pages":"5 - 13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1000,"publicationDate":"2023-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Bronte Studies","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14748932.2022.2147810","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"LITERATURE, BRITISH ISLES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract Of no little significance in Wuthering Heights (1847) is the prominent part played by Gimmerton for various aesthetic purposes both serious and humorous. Thus, for example, whereas the village is referred to here and there for its geographical features and for its usefulness as a centre of commercial, professional and travel facilities, it is also noted for the extent to which its inhabitants are given to malicious gossip and mindless credulity. Especially striking for its structural and poetic functions, on the other hand, is the occasional mention of Gimmerton Kirk, chiefly as pertinent to the presentation of Catherine, Heathcliff and Edgar in their childhood and adulthood. Perhaps the most remarkable thing, however, is the fact that it is only on hearing the word 'Gimmerton’ mentioned while on his way to a quite different destination in the North that Lockwood is prompted to pay his final visit to Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange, thereby ensuring not only the completion of his diary but the very existence of Emily Brontë’s masterpiece.
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Brontë Studies is the only journal solely dedicated to research on the Brontë family. Published continuously since 1895, it aims to encourage further study and research on all matters relating to the Brontë family, their background and writings, and their place in literary and cultural history. Original, peer-reviewed articles are published as well as papers delivered at conferences, notes on matters of interest, short notices reporting research activities and correspondence arising from items previously published in the journal. The journal also provides an official record of the Brontë Society and reports new accessions to the Brontë Parsonage Museum and its research library.
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