- The Brontës

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An intensive study of the Brontes, arguably the greatest English literary family of the nineteenth century. A madwoman in the attic, deathless love, and spousal abuse are some of the sensational themes that define the Bronte canon. Readings include Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre (1847), Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights (1847), Anne Bronte’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), biography, and poetry. We will distinguish between the Brontes’ lives and literary myths and explore why their works are read as a canon and their lives are retold collectively.