Charlotte Brontë from the Beginnings

Judith E. Pike is Professor of English at Salisbury University, USA, and Lucy Morrison is Professor of English and Director of the University Honors Program at the University of Nebraska Omaha, USA.

Introduction. 1. Redefining the Brontë Canon: A Tribute to Christine Alexander Judith E. Pike 2. On Early Style: The Emergence of Realism in Charlotte Brontë's Juvenilia Zak Sitter 3. The Miniature World of Charlotte Brontë's Glass Town Laura Forsberg 4. Mortal Hostility: Masculinity and Fatherly Conflict in the Glass Town and Angrian Sagas Emma Butcher and Valerie Sanders 5. Reading the Imperial Imaginary of 'A Leaf from an Unopened Volume' Sue Thomas 6. The Not-so New Gothic: Charlotte Brontë's Juvenilia and the Gothic Tradition Diane Long Hoeveler 7. Revisioning the Double: From The Spell to The Professor and ShirleyFrances Beer 8. Queer Charlotte: Homoerotics from Mina Laury to The Professor Deborah Denenholz Morse 9. Charlotte Brontë's Ashworth: from Adapted Angrian Villains to Recurring Sibling Pairs Tamara Silvia Wagner 10. From Angria to Thornfield: Charlotte Brontë's Cross-Period Development of the Byronic Hero Erin Nyborg 11. Apocalyptic Visionaries -- Charlotte Brontë's Love-Hate Relationship with the Romantic Figure of the Poet-Prophet Mandy Swann Afterword.