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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Brontë editions. Update

Tuesday, September 23, 2008 12:06 am by M. in Books, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Wuthering Heights No comments

Recent new editions of Brontë novels:

Ignatius Press, a Catholic publishing house, releases an edition of Wuthering Heights for tradionalists. The description is quite explicit as to whom is targeted:

Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
Ignatius Press (Ignatius Critical Editions)
01 Sep 2008
ISBN: 9781586171360
Edition: Paperback

Edited by Joseph Pearce

Wuthering Heights is one of the classic novels of nineteenth century romanticism. As a major work of modern literature it retains its controversial status. What was Emily Brontë's intention? Were her intentions iconoclastic? Were they feminist? Were they Christian or post-Christian? Who are the heroes and the villains in this dark masterpiece? Are there any heroes? Are there any villains? This critical edition of Emily Brontë's classic includes new and controversial critical essays by some of the leading lights in contemporary literary scholarship.

The Ignatius Critical Editions represent a tradition-oriented alternative to popular textbook series such as the Norton Critical Editions or Oxford World Classics, and are designed to concentrate on traditional readings of the Classics of world literature. While many modern critical editions have succumbed to the fads of modernism and post-modernism, this series will concentrate on tradition-oriented criticism of these great works.
Edited by acclaimed literary biographer, Joseph Pearce, the Ignatius Critical Editions will ensure that traditional moral readings of the works are given prominence, instead of the feminist, or deconstructionist readings that often proliferate in other series of 'critical editions'. As such, they represent a genuine extension of consumer-choice, enabling educators, students and lovers of good literature to buy editions of classic literary works without having to 'buy into' the ideologies of secular fundamentalism.