Bloom’s Guides - Wuthering Heights - Introduction by Harold Bloom

Sep 26, 2026

Bloom’s Guides: Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights provides a guided reading experience through a structured sequence of study materials. It opens with Harold Bloom’s introduction, then offers biographical context, a narrative about the origins of the story, and a list of characters. The guide continues with summary and analysis, followed by critical views featuring named critics and essays on key aspects such as characterization, animal imagery, allusions, and spirituality, and concludes with works by Emily Brontë, an annotated bibliography, and an index.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages97

Reading Time2 h 29 min

AccessFree to download

Introduction

Biographical Sketch

The Story Behind the Story

List of Characters

Summary and Analysis

Critical Views

Works by Emily Brontë

Annotated Bibliography

Contributors

Acknowledgments

Index

Bloom’s GUIDES Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights Currently AvAilAble The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn All the Pretty Horses Animal Farm The Autobiography of Malcolm X The Awakening Beloved Beowulf Brave New World The Canterbury Tales The Catcher in the Rye The Chosen The Crucible Cry, the Beloved Country Death of a Salesman Fahrenheit 451 Frankenstein The Glass Menagerie The Grapes of Wrath Great Expectations The Great Gatsby Hamlet The Handmaid’s Tale The House on Mango Street I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings The Iliad Invisible Man Jane Eyre Lord of the Flies Macbeth Maggie: A Girl of the Streets The Member of the Wedding The Metamorphosis Native Son 1984 The Odyssey Oedipus Rex Of Mice and Men One Hundred Years of Solitude Pride and Prejudice Ragtime The Red Badge of Courage Romeo and Juliet The Scarlet Letter A Separate Peace Slaughterhouse-Five Snow Falling on Cedars The Stranger A Streetcar Named Desire The Sun Also Rises A Tale of Two Cities The Things They Carried To Kill a Mockingbird Uncle Tom’s Cabin The Waste Land Wuthering Heights Bloom’s GUIDES Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights Edited & with an Introduction by Harold Bloom Bloom’s Guides: Wuthering Heights Copyright © 2008 by Infobase Publishing Introduction © 2008 by Harold Bloom All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher. For information contact: Bloom’s Literary Criticism An imprint of Infobase Publishing 132 West 31st Street New York, NY 10001 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights / [edited and with introduction by] Harold Bloom. [p. cm](p. cm).—(Bloom’s guides) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7910-9831-8 (hardcover) 1. Brontë, Emily, 1818–1848. Wuthering Heights. I. Bloom, Harold. II. Title: Wuthering Heights. PR4172 .W73E453 2008 823’.8—dc22 2007048752 Bloom’s Literary Criticism books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk quantities for businesses, associations, institutions, or sales promotions. Please call our Special Sales Department in New York at (212) 967-8800 or (800) 322-8755. You can find Bloom’s Literary Criticism on the World Wide Web at [http://www.chelseahouse.com](http://www.chelseahouse.com) Contributing Editor: Janyce Marson Cover design by Takeshi Takahashi Printed in the United States of America Bang EJB 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This book is printed on acid-free paper. All links and Web addresses were checked and verified to be correct atthe time of publication. Because of the dynamic nature of the Web, some addresses and links may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. Introduction 7 Biographical Sketch 10 The Story Behind the Story 12 List of Characters 17 Summary and Analysis 21 Critical Views 34 Melvin R. Watson on Heathcliff’s Complex Personality 34 Muriel Spark and Derek Stanford on Characterization in the Novel 37 J. Hillis Miller on the Significance of Animal Imagery 42 Q.D. Leavis on King Lear and Other Allusions in the Novel 46 U.C. Knoepflmacher on Lockwood’s Unreliability 49 Carol Jacobs on Wuthering Heights as Metafiction 53 Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar on Wuthering Heights and Milton’s Satan 57 Patsy Stoneman on “Romantic” Love 60 Bernard J. Paris on Heathcliff’s Character 65 Marianne Thormählen on Catherine’s Self-Obsession 69 Lisa Wang on Spirituality in Wuthering Heights 73 Works by Emily Brontë 78 Annotated Bibliography 80 Contributors 88 Acknowledgments 91 Index 93 Introduction HAROLD BLOOM Wuthering Heights is one of those canonical works or classics that reward readers at every level of literary sophistication. I suspect that this has to do with the s

FAQs

What does the guide cover before the critical essays begin?

It starts with Harold Bloom’s introduction, then provides a biographical sketch, the story behind the story, a list of characters, and a summary and analysis.

Which critics’ perspectives are included in the “Critical Views” section?

The guide lists multiple critics and their essay topics, including Melvin R. Watson, Muriel Spark and Derek Stanford, J. Hillis Miller, and others focused on different dimensions of the novel.

How does the book support readers after presenting the main analysis?

It adds sections such as “Works by Emily Brontë,” an annotated bibliography, contributor information, acknowledgments, and an index to extend study beyond the essays.

Sep 26, 2026

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