What happened after Mr. Darcy married Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice? Where did Heathcliff go when he disappeared in Wuthering Heights? What social ostracism would Hester Prynne of The Scarlet Letter have faced in 20th century America? Great novels often leave behind great questions, and sequels seek to answer them. This critical analysis offers fresh insights into the sequels to seven literary classics, including Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, the Bronte sisters' Jane Eyre, Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, and Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca.
What happened after Mr. Darcy married Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice? Where did Heathcliff go when he disappeared in Wuthering Heights? What social ostracism would Hester Prynne of The Scarlet Letter have faced in 20th century America? Great novels often leave behind great questions, and sequels seek to answer them. This critical analysis offers fresh insights into the sequels to seven literary classics, including Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, the Bronte sisters' Jane Eyre, Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, and Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
M. Carmen Gomez-Galisteo's work has appeared in Ad Americam, Contemporary Legend, Americana, Clepsydra, RAEI, The Grove, and NeoAmericanist, among other publications. She currently teaches at UNED, Universidad Isabel I and Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (Madrid, Spain).
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Table of Contents Introduction: Once or Twice Upon a Time Chapter 1. Dear Elinor, Dear Marianne: Letter-Writing, Marriage Prospects and Women's Roles in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen and Elinor and Marianne by Emma Tennant Chapter 2. Looking for Mr. Right Darcy: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and Its Multiple Rewritings Chapter 3. The Madwoman in the Attic and Other Family Secrets: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys and The French Dancer's Bastard by Emma Tennant Chapter 4. Beyond Wuthering Heights: Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, Windward Heights by Maryse Condé and Heathcliff: The Return to Wuthering Heights by Lin Haire-Sargeant Chapter 5. "In a Land Where Inequity Is Searched Out, and Punished in the Sight of Rulers and People": Adultery, Religion and Women's Roles in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and John Updike's "The Scarlet Letter Trilogy" Chapter 6. The Proud Father of Four Little Women: Womanhood, Patriarchy and the Civil War in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women and March by Geraldine Brooks Chapter 7. Last Night I Dreamt I Saw Rebecca Again: Lesbianism, Female Sexuality and Motherhood in Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, Mrs. de Winter by Susan Hill and Rebecca's Tale by Sally Beauman Conclusion: The End? Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Introduction: Once or Twice Upon a Time Chapter 1. Dear Elinor, Dear Marianne: Letter-Writing, Marriage Prospects and Women's Roles in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen and Elinor and Marianne by Emma Tennant Chapter 2. Looking for Mr. Right Darcy: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and Its Multiple Rewritings Chapter 3. The Madwoman in the Attic and Other Family Secrets: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys and The French Dancer's Bastard by Emma Tennant Chapter 4. Beyond Wuthering Heights: Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, Windward Heights by Maryse Condé and Heathcliff: The Return to Wuthering Heights by Lin Haire-Sargeant Chapter 5. "In a Land Where Inequity Is Searched Out, and Punished in the Sight of Rulers and People": Adultery, Religion and Women's Roles in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and John Updike's "The Scarlet Letter Trilogy" Chapter 6. The Proud Father of Four Little Women: Womanhood, Patriarchy and the Civil War in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women and March by Geraldine Brooks Chapter 7. Last Night I Dreamt I Saw Rebecca Again: Lesbianism, Female Sexuality and Motherhood in Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, Mrs. de Winter by Susan Hill and Rebecca's Tale by Sally Beauman Conclusion: The End? Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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