Holy Ghosts: The Male Muses of Emily and Charlotte Bronte

By Irene Tayler

Book Overview

Writing from a feminist perspective, the author of this study describes how Charlotte and Emily Bronte transformed the meaning of the muse that inspired the Romantic poets by transforming its gender. She describes how the Bronte sisters appropriated the male muse in differing ways.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231071558
• ISBN13: 9780231071550
• Release Date: November 1993
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher