Class Conflict in Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights

by Dedria Bryfonski

Book Overview

Wuthering Heights is unique among novels of its time for its poetic presentation, its lack of authorial comment, and its unusual narrative structure, exerting the energies of hate and love from the confined world of the story. The book deeply challenged embedded Victorian conventions regarding gender equality, religion, and class. This compelling volume discusses the author Emily Bronte's background, the details of which are still not well understood;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0737758023
• ISBN13: 9780737758023
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 15 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 10 to 12