Emily Brontë: References & Edit History
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The first biography of Emily was by A. Mary F. Robinson, Emily Brontë (1883, reprinted 1978). Winifred Gérin, Emily Brontë (1971); Richard Benvenuto, Emily Brontë (1982); Edward Chitham, A Life of Emily Brontë (1987); and Katherine Frank, A Chainless Soul (1990), are more recent treatments. Irene Cooper Willis, The Authorship of Wuthering Heights (1936, reprinted 1975), rejects the theory of Branwell as the author. Mary Visick, The Genesis of Wuthering Heights, 3rd ed. (1980), analyzes the Gondal figures as precursors to the novel’s characters. Lyn Pykett, Emily Brontë (1989), resolves outdated objections to her work. Bibliographies of criticism and interpretation include Anne Passel, Charlotte and Emily Brontë (1979); and R.W. Crump, Charlotte and Emily Brontë, 3 vol. (1982–86).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: The Victorian Web - Emily Brontë (1818-48): Sitemap. | Oct 30, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jul 26, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Brontë Parsonage Museum - The lives of the Brontës. | Mar 28, 2026 | ||
| Added more top questions. | Feb 10, 2026 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 02, 2026 | ||
| Article revised. | Jan 02, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Dec 15, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - The Book Show - The myths about Emily Bronte. | Aug 01, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Emily Bront� (Continuum Encyclopaedia of British Literature) (PDF). | Mar 28, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - A poet, a solitary: Emily BrontëQueerness, Quietness, and Solitude. | Nov 23, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: FamousPoetsandPoems.com - Emily Bronte Biography. | May 13, 2024 | ||
| Revised to modernize spellings, enhance captions. | Apr 10, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Poetry Archive - Emily Bronte. | Mar 29, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Poets.org - Biography of Emily Bront�. | Jan 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Literary Devices - Emily Brontë. | Apr 01, 2022 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Dec 23, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Library - Biography of Emily Bront�. | Jan 21, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Allpoetry - Biography of Emily Jane Bronte. | Jan 21, 2019 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Jul 28, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Victorian Web - Emily Brontë (1818-48): Sitemap. | Apr 16, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Literature Network - Biography of Emily Bronte. | Apr 15, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Poetry Foundation - Biography of Emily Bront�. | Apr 11, 2014 | ||
| Added "Emily Jane Brontë" as a title variant. | Mar 14, 2012 | ||
| Added new Web site: Spectrum Biographies - Biography of The Bronte Sisters. | Feb 20, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Literature.org - "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte. | Jul 07, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia Library - "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte. | Jun 19, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: A Celebration of Women Writers - "Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell" by the Bronte Sisters. | Jun 02, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |