Wuthering Heights: Contemporary Critical Essays

Columbia Critical Guides

by Patsy Stoneman

Charting a careful course through the bewildering profusion of material on "Wuthering Heights," this "Guide" offers synopses of and excerpts from critical responses to the novel from the time of publication to the present day, supplemented by the most comprehensive bibliography currently available. Opening with a chapter on how Emily BrontA's masterpiece was received in the nineteenth century, the "Guide" links together a selection of extracts that demonstrate the major critical developments of the twentieth century -- from humanism through formalism to deconstruction. Within this general framework, subsequent chapters focus on psychoanalytic readings, source studies, readings using discourse theory, work on dissemination, and political readings from Marxist, postcolonialist, and feminist points of view.

Genres: Fiction, Classics, Romance, Literature, British Literature

222 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Corinne]

This is the best selection of criticism I have read on Wuthering Heights, all of the essays are excellent and bring something different to the table.

[Jessica]

I loved this book. I didn't read this esact one but the one I read was slightly edited for younger people!

[Shishani]

A happy ending for a very very very long yet sad story.

[A.]

Very insightful. It was great to have a summary of the critical history, instead of having to slog through all of it myself.

[Cecilia Vu]

life through and through

[Charlotte]

Very, very in depth analysis of Wuthering Heights with a literary theory twist.