'The afflicted imagination' : nostalgia and homesickness in the writing of Emily Brontë

This thesis discusses homesickness and nostalgia as conditions that ‘afflict’ to productive ends the writing of Emily Brontë. Homesickness and nostalgia are situated as impelling both Brontë’s poetry and Wuthering Heights. To elucidate these states, close attention is paid to Emily Brontë’s poetry a...

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Main Author: Quinnell, James Thomas
Published: Durham University 2016
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.681766