Brontë Studies. Volume 31, Issue 3

The new issue of Brontë Studies (Volume 31, Issue 3, November 2006) is already available on-line. We provide you the table of contents and abstracts:

Editorial pp. iii-iii(1) Author: Duckett, Bob

ARTICLES
'Always at my Post': The Letters of the Revd Patrick Brontë
pp. 179-193(15) Author: Green, Dudley
Abstract
An account of the compilation of the Letters of the Reverend Patrick Brontë by the editor, with extracts illustrating Patrick's concern with a wide range of public, religious, social and personal issues.

Arthur Bell Nicholls and the Adamson Saga: New Discoveries of Brontë Memorabilia
pp. 194-209(16)Author: Alexander, Christine
Abstract
An account of some Brontë memorabilia given by the Revd Arthur Nicholls and his second wife to their relations, including an exploration of provenance Adamson / Bell family relationships, and a story of Irish emigration to Canada.

The Many Faces of Frances
pp. 210-219(10) Author: Marutollo, Anna
Abstract
This essay explores the evolution of the female psyche in the early works of Charlotte Brontë. It traces the feminine concept in her poem Frances from a dependent, spectral figure at the mercy of an uncaring lover to the individual, but still dependent, female in the novel The Professor. However, this latter dependency is a dependency controlled by Frances Henri herself.

Wuthering Heights As a Childlike Fairy Tale
pp. 220-229(10) Author: Piciucco, Pier Paolo
Abstract
Many of the difficulties we experience in understanding Wuthering Heights are removed when it is regarded as a fairy tale. Yet, even then, the novel does not fit the standard structures proposed, for example, by Vladimir Propp. Some of the difficulties which have prevented previous critics from seeing fairy-structures as central to an interpretation of Wuthering Heights are removed when we combine this perspective with the well-established narcissistic framework of the story. Kristin Wardetsky's practical study of fairy tales written by children, and especially by girl-children, may prove to be the crucial link enabling us to see the fairy tale as the pervasive structure, rather than as an incidental feature, in Wuthering Heights.

Branwell Revisited
pp. 230-239(10) Author: Cheney, Phyllis
Abstract
This article provides further reflections on the contention that Branwell Brontë had an illegitimate daughter, Mary Ann, by Martha Judson (née Feather). The author is a great granddaughter of Mary Ann Judson.

That Wind from the West
pp. 240-247(8) Author: Arnedillo, Óscar
Abstract
Wuthering Heights is about the knowledge and study of passions and emotions, yet there is more Irish background in Emily's work than generally accepted. In this article parallels are made between the writings of Emily Jane Brontë and some aspects of Irish history. The possibility that Emily made use of different events in Irish history in the composition of her novel are explored, many of which were related to her by uncle James while he was visiting the Parsonage during the time of Irish famine.

REVIEWS
Reviews
pp. 248-270(23)

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