Lifting the Veil on the Brontë Juvenilia: A Study of the Gondal Saga and Wuthering Heights
Tara, Emily
Advisor: Garcha, Amanpal; Hannibal, Hamlin
Issue Date: 2013-05
The Ohio State University. Department of English Undergraduate Research Theses; 2013
In 1848, before her death, Emily Brontë completed a novel that has transcended time and has become a staple of classic Victorian literature; that novel is Wuthering Heights. While many have read or have heard of this novel, the origination of the tale has been left to speculation and uncertainty. I hope to uncover some of the truth behind the novel's origination by comparing its plot, themes and characters to Emily's juvenilia poetry. The Gondal poetry, as it has come to be called, gives a greater insight into the framework for the novel, and through careful explication of specific passages, can be seen as a precursor to the popular gothic novel. While Wuthering Heights is a fictional story, I will give details that will explain that through studying the novel in relation to the juvenilia, it is more than possible that her writing contains elements of her personal life, environment and viewpoints.
Brontë Scholars (III)
Tara, Emily
Advisor: Garcha, Amanpal; Hannibal, Hamlin
Issue Date: 2013-05
The Ohio State University. Department of English Undergraduate Research Theses; 2013
In 1848, before her death, Emily Brontë completed a novel that has transcended time and has become a staple of classic Victorian literature; that novel is Wuthering Heights. While many have read or have heard of this novel, the origination of the tale has been left to speculation and uncertainty. I hope to uncover some of the truth behind the novel's origination by comparing its plot, themes and characters to Emily's juvenilia poetry. The Gondal poetry, as it has come to be called, gives a greater insight into the framework for the novel, and through careful explication of specific passages, can be seen as a precursor to the popular gothic novel. While Wuthering Heights is a fictional story, I will give details that will explain that through studying the novel in relation to the juvenilia, it is more than possible that her writing contains elements of her personal life, environment and viewpoints.
Brontë Scholars (III)
This was a very interesting paper , with alot of interesting points but I was stopped cold by this passage
BeantwoordenVerwijderen" By the time Emily was a toddler she lost her mother and her two eldest sisters to be raised primarily by her father, although
Charlotte and the servants did play a role in her upbringing.
Through the eyes of Patrick and her brother Branwell, Emily was exposed from an early age to a male dominated household ...
Hello? What happened to Aunt Branwell in this retelling ? Her influence is not simply diminished, she's scrubbed out as if that lady never left Cornwall! lol
Aunt's influence was huge...and not just on Anne .
We know Anne and Branwell had very close ties with Aunt...what Emily's feelings ( apart from their differences over animals ) was it's hard to say . She seemed to honor Aunt at least.
Charlotte seem to have a chilly relationship with Elizabeth Branwell But then Charlotte never liked being truly ruled as Aunt would have done. It was harder to keep things off Aunt's radar than Patrick's
But regardless, one cannot say there was no female input in the younger 4 Bronte's upbringing .There was a very important, pattern wearing, snuff using, very much there female in the house and for well over 20 years .
It was very interesting how fast Aunt Branwell called off the children's hunger strike and gave in over the issue of an injured Tabby staying at the Parsonage.
That speaks to an insight into her nieces Aunt is not often credited with . She knew how to stand her ground with them , lord knows, but also how to give way