Edward Chitham
Author of A life of Emily Brontë
About the Author
Edward Chitham, Education Consultant for the National Association of Gifted Children, and Assistant Staff Tutor, Open University
Works by Edward Chitham
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- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Harborne, West Midlands, England, UK
- Education
- Jesus College, Cambridge
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- Works
- 14
- Members
- 103
- Popularity
- #185,855
- Rating
- 3.7
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- 3
- ISBNs
- 30
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'On the other hand, the effect of having an older brother whom she could surpass if she wished seems to have made Emily contemptuous of most men of her own age and status; she shows respect only to her father and to M. Heger in Belgium, while she despises the curates.'
The speculation and facile romances, however, result from the fact that not much is known about Emily, and Chitham can be equally guilty of falling into the 'trap' of 'using the novel to understand the life, and the life to understand the novel', or at least the poetry. So much analysis of Emily's poetry!
A bit dry and dated - I'm hoping that the line about Anne Lister being an 'alleged lesbian' was changed in the updated edition - but full points to Edward Chitham for sticking rigidly to the available evidence and not making Emily fail the Bechdel Test of her own life story.… (more)