Podcasts

  • S2 E1: With... Jenny Mitchell - Welcome back to Behind the Glass with this early-release first episode of series 2 ! Sam and new co-host Connie talk to prize-winning poet Jenny Mitchell...
    4 weeks ago

Friday, February 23, 2007

Friday, February 23, 2007 12:06 am by M. in ,    No comments
Las Brontë y su mundo (The Brontës and their world) is a recently published book by J. Manuel Barbeito Varela (Editorial Síntesis. Series: Historia de la Literatura Universal. Literatura en Lengua Inglesa)
Las Brontë y su mundo
ISBN: 978-84-9756-375-8
204 pages

The Brontës are myths of universal Literature, their house in Haworth is a shrine and their works are counted among the classics best-sellers. The author of this book approaches them in their condition of classics and myths. The book shows the sisters' attitude to the most important preoccupations of their peers. At the same time it reviews the wide range of theories and interpretations that turned their writings into a privileged basis for a critical debate that is constantly renewing the interest in them. The main argument is provided by the topic of the modern individual and particularly its relation with the social and moral order, which constituted a fundamental problem for the Brontës and their time. Because both the language and the argumentation are very clear, the book is of interest for a wide audience, as well as for students and teachers of English Literature.

(Las Brontë son mitos de la literatura universal, su casa en Haworth es meta de peregrinación y sus obras se cuentan entre los clásicos más vendidos. Como clásicos y mitos las aborda el autor de este libro, que presenta la respuesta de las hermanas a las preocupaciones más importantes de sus contemporáneos, al tiempo que repasa el amplio espectro de teorías e interpretaciones que convirtieron sus escritos en un escenario privilegiado de un debate crítico que renueva continuamente su interés. El hilo conductor del argumento lo proporciona el tema del individuo moderno y en particular su relación con el orden social y moral, que constituyó un problema fundamental para las Brontë y su época. Tanto por el tema como por la exposición en un lenguaje asequible, el libro es de interés para un público amplio, así como para alumnos y profesores de Literatura Inglesa.)
You can see the table of contents here.

Categories: ,

0 comments:

Post a Comment