Pub Date : 2000-10-01DOI: 10.1179/030977600794173359
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Pub Date : 2000-04-01DOI: 10.1179/030977600794195445
Alison Hoddinott
Abstract 'Open-endedness' has frequently been considered to be a characteristic which differentiates the twentieth-century novel from that of the nineteenth-century. The ending of Villette, however, is one of the most famously ambiguous conclusions in the English novel. It has been less generally recognised that all four of Charlotte Brontë's novels end with questions to which the reader is invited to provide answers. This article examines the endings of The Professor, Jane Eyre, Shirley and Villette in relation to some of the moral, social and religious issues raised in these novels and argues that, in every case, Charlotte Brontë leaves significatnt gaps in the narrative and challenges conventional expectations regarding the 'happy ending'.
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Pub Date : 2000-04-01DOI: 10.1179/030977600794195463
H. Broadhead
On reading Wuthering Heights one's attention is drawn immediately by Emily Bronte's regard for external fact, and to the animate and detailed observation which characterises her novel. That this is born out of an intense love for some special point of earth, and, more than that, out of a subtle affinity with it, there can be no doubt. In this book one appreciates to the full the singular absorption of an author with her material to a degree uncommon in the whole range of literature. 1
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Pub Date : 2000-04-01DOI: 10.1179/030977600794195472
Stevie Davies
Abstract Anne Brontë is generally regarded as the most passive and unadventurous of the Brontë children: 'Dear gentle Anne' (Charlotte), 'nothing, absolutely nothing' (Branwell). This is seriously to misjudge her. Her background and upbringing were markedly different from her sisters, as were her life experiences. Shy, she may have been, but she was keenly observant, well placed to understand life, and she possessed a strong sense of justice. Deprived of the home life she wanted, she became a radical feminist, protesting against the social injustices of education, property laws, men, even of God. Her novels are revolutionary tracts for the times, while her poems are a tribute to her openness and 'truth-telling'. This is the text of the address given at Haworth in 1999 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the death of Anne Brontë.
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Pub Date : 2000-04-01DOI: 10.1179/030977600794195373
William Callaghan
Dr Edward Chitham, in his biography of Emily Bronte, wrote than he had a suspicion that Emily was left-handed. In this he has support from Dr Stevie Davies in her biography of 1988. With Emily's nature running counter to just about everything, Dr Davies' discussion of her 'sinistral vision using handedness theory' becomes valid in the search for the reason why. Dr Chitham states that there is no external evidence for Emily being left-handed, but he persists. Being left-handed myself, I realized that Emily's writing box, on display during 1999 in the Bonnell Room of the Parsonage, might provide a clue. It does. The small top-left compartment for an ink bottle or ink well has no ink stains, whereas the top-right compartment is severely ink-stained. Surely this should decide the matter? Dr Chitham uses the diary paper sketches of 1837 and 1845 in explaining his theories, but would Emily, in her bedroom, with the writing box on her knees, write something, then reach to the far righthand corner to replenish the nib? Has a handwriting expert ever given an opinion?
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Pub Date : 2000-04-01DOI: 10.1179/030977600794195418
M. Summers
Abstract To explore the possibility that the first signs of a breakdown in relations between Anne and Emily were apparent in the earliest of Anne's poems from December 1816 up to her illness in December 1817/January 1818.
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Pub Date : 2000-04-01DOI: 10.1179/030977600794195382
I. Campbell
Abstract As R. L. Stevenson's Edward Hyde experiences new sensations and a new reality to that experienced by Dr Jekyll, so the appeal of the Brontë novels lies in the altered perceptions of their characters. The stereotypes that might be expected of their characters are undermined by the vividness of their feelings and by their refusal to react to their expectations of others. The variety of literary techniques displayed and the striving for honest and authentic self-expression so clearly chronicled, contribute to an enduring appeal to each new generation of readers. This is the text of Dr Campbell's talk to the Brontë Society's Literary Lunch at Skipton in April 1999.
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Pub Date : 2000-04-01DOI: 10.1179/030977600794195391
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Pub Date : 2000-04-01DOI: 10.1179/030977600794195490
E. Chitham
Abstract Since the publication of The Brontës' Irish Background (Macmillan, 1986) there have been a number of small developments in research in this area. The purpose of this article is to bring Brontë Society members and others up to date with some of these matters.
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