Emily Brontë

by Stevie Davies

Subjecting biographical evidence to close examination, Stevie Davies' book questions the legibility of Emily Brontë's life-records, explores the symphonic qualities of Wuthering Heights and establishes Emily Brontë's intellectual stature by study of her works, journals, sheet-music and Brussels essays.

Genres: Biography

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Welsh born Stevie Davies is a novelist, literary critic, biographer and historian. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a Fellow of the Academi Gymreig and is Director of Creative Writing at the University of Wales, Swansea.

Reviews

[Andrew H · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is part of a series dedicated to reviving the reputation of women writers and doing so from a Feminist perspective. (Other notable writers in the series include H.D. and Woolf). This work aligns with the author's book Emily Bronte: Heretic. It captures a sense of EB's radical nature, one free from patriarchal constraints. Chapter Four, "Father-God, Mother Earth" develops the author's earlier work on EB's empathy with the mothering creation. This is a finely written book that sets EB against her religious context and sets her above it like a soaring bird.