Charlotte Brontë, a passionate life
By: Lyndall Gordon
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 418
ISBN-13: 9780393037227
Subjects: Biographie; Criticism and interpretation
Other titles: Passionate life.
Description: "Charlotte Bronte: A Passionate Life looks beyond the insistent image of the modest Victorian lady, the slave to duty in the shadow of tombstones. Instead we see a strong, fiery woman who shaped her own life and transformed it into art. This biography looks at the shared gifts and class ambitions of the Bronte family - at the active feminist, Mary Taylor; at the demanding mentor, Constantin Heger; and at the rising publisher, George Smith - as Charlotte strove to possess them in life and fiction. Her highly autobiographical novels refused current bars to women's writing to release a public voice which could speak intimately to her readers."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-407) and index.
Table of contents: title: The unseen space; title: False idols, true friends; title: Egypt and the promised land; title: Loves language; title: A public voice; title: To walk invisible; title: The limits of friendship; title: Buried fire; title: Marriage; title: Surviving.