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The text examines how popular biographies, the accessibility of the novels as love stories, and the temptation to equate life events with fiction have shaped criticism. 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ELIOT by Walter Allen  \nCOLERIDGE by Walter Jackson BateT.S.ELIOT by Bernard BergonziGERARD MANLEY HOPKINS by Bernard BergonziMATTHEW ARNOLD by Douglas BushJANE AUSTENby Douglas BushJOHN KEATS 1by Douglas BushJOHN MILTONby Douglas BushJONATHAN SWIFTby Nigel DennisDANTE by Francis FergussonSTENDHAL by Wallace FowlieTHOMAS HARDYby Irving HoweHONORÉ BALZACby E.J.OliverGOLDSMITHby Ricardo QuintanaTENNYSONby Christopher RicksTHE BRONTESby Tom Winnifrith  \n# IN PREPARATION\n\nPROUSTFLAUBERT SAMUEL JOHNSON IBSEN EUGENE O'NEILL EMILY DICKINSON YEATSJOYCE CONRADEMERSONSHAKESPEAREPOECHEKHOV FIELDING HENRY JAMES MELVILE   \nby William Barrettby Jacques Barzunby James L.Cliffordby Harold Clurmanby Harold Clurmanby J.V.Cunninghamby Douglas N.Archibaldby Leon Edel  \nby Elizabeth Hardwickby Alfred Kazinby Frank Kermodeby Dwight Macdonaldby Howard Mossby Midge Podhoretzby Richard Poirierby Harold Rosenberg  \n# M ASTERS OF wORLD LITERAT U RE SE RIE SLOUIS KRONENBERGER,GENERAL EDIT OR\n\nJhe Brontes  \nby TOM WINNIFRITH  \nM  \nTo Tabitha  \n# ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS\n\nThis book could not have been written without the help ofMrs.Christine Wyman and Mr.Martin Wright.I am also gratefulfor the advice of Mr.Edward Chitham,Professor Bernard Bergonzi,and Mr.Ray Roberts.The University of Warwick generously gaveme one term's sabbatical leave,and I must thank my wife andfamily for allowing me intervals of peace in which I could writeabout the Brontes.  \nTom Winnifrith 1977Softcover reprint of the hardcover ist edition 1977978-1-349-03253-2  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproducedor transmitted,in any form or by any means,without permission  \nFirst published in the USA 1977First published in the United Kingdom I977  \nPublished by  \nTHE MACMILLAN PRESS LTDLondon and Basingstoke  \nAssociated companies in Delhi Dublin Hong Kong JohannesburgLagos Melbourne New York Singapore Tokyo  \nISBN 978-1-349-03253-2 ISBN978-1-349-03251-8(eBook)  \nDOI 10.1007/978-1-349-03251-8  \nThis book is sold subject to the standard conditions of theNet Book Agreement  \nCONTENT S  \nA BBREVI ATION SINT RODU CT IONONEBiographyTW OJuveniliaTH RE EPoetryFOU RWuthering HeightsFIVEAgnes GreySIXThe Tenant of Wildfell HallSEVENThe ProfessorEIGH TJane EyreNIN EShirleyTENVillette  \nCONCLUSIONN OTES  \nSELE CT BIBLIOGRAPHYINDE X  \n: 3  \n6  \n23  \n3246667688  \n102  \n124  \n137  \n155  \n157  \n171  \n179  \n# ABBREVI ATIONS\n\nUnless otherwise noted,all references to the novels of the Brontesand to Mrs.Gaskell's Life of Charlotte Bronte are to the Haworthedition,edited by Mrs.H.Ward and C.K.Shorter (London,1899-1900).  \nAG.  \nAgnes Grey.  \nBST.Bronte Society Transactions.  \nEC.Essays in Criticism.  \nFN.Five Novelettes.Transcribed and edited by W.Gerin(London,1971).  \nG.The Life of Charlotte Bronte.  \nH.The Complete Poems of Emily Jane Bronte.Editedby C.W.Hatfield (London,1941).  \nJE.  \nJane Eyre.  \nMLR.Modern Language Review.  \nNCF.Nineteenth-Century Fiction  \nP.  \nThe Professor.  \nPMLA.Proceedings of the Modern Language Association ofAmerica.  \nRES.Review of English Studies.  \nShirley.  \nS.  \nSHCBP.The Complete Poems of Charlotte Bronte andPatrick Branwell Bronte.Edited by T.J.Wiseand J.A.Symington(Oxford,1934).  \nSHEA.The Complete Poems of Emily Jane and AnneBronte.Edited by T.J.Wise and J.A.Symington(Oxford,1934).  \nSHLL.The Brontes,Their Lives,Friendship and Corre-spondence.Edited by T.J.Wise and J.A.Syming-ton(Oxford,1932).  \nviii  \nABBREVIATIONSTWH.The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.V.Villette.VN.Victorian Newsletter.WH.Wuthering Heights.  \n# The Brontes\n\n# Introduction\n\nIt may seem a strange paradox that one should be forced at oneand the same time to apologize for including the Brontes in aseries entitled Masters of World Literature and for writing yetanother book on the Brontes.The popularity of the Brontes,aris-ing from the easily grasped 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