THE SPACE IN WUTHERING HEIGHTS

I.         INTRODUCTION

This paper is chiefly focused on the space analysis of the novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Brönte. After analysing the issue, I will try to establish a connection between the novel and the author, with regard to the “spaces” in her mind, which are the constituent parts of the unconscious system. But before starting with the analysis, I consider it important to provide the reader with a brief biography of the author so as to become familiar with her.

II.        BRIEF BIOGRAPHY

Emily Jane Brontė; (July 30, 1818 – December 19, 1848) was a British novelist and poet, now best remembered for her only novel Wuthering Heights, a classic of English literature. Emily was the second eldest of the three surviving Brontė sisters, being younger than Charlotte and older than Anne. She published under the masculine pen name Ellis Bell.

Emily Brontė was born in Thornton, near Bradford in Yorkshire, to Patrick Brontė and Maria Branwell. She was the younger sister of Charlotte Brontė and the fifth of six children. In 1824, the family moved to Haworth, where Emily's father was perpetual curate, and it was in these surroundings that their literary oddities flourished. In childhood, after the death of their mother, the three sisters and their brother Patrick Branwell Brontė created imaginary lands, which were featured in stories they wrote.

To evade contemporary prejudice against female writers, the Brontė sisters adopted androgynous first names. All three retained the first letter of their first names: Charlotte became Currer Bell, Anne became Acton Bell, and Emily became Ellis Bell. In 1847, she published her only novel, Wuthering Heights, as two volumes of a three volume set (the last volume being Agnes Grey by her sister Anne). In 1850, Charlotte edited and published Wuthering Heights as a stand-alone novel and under Emily's real name.

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