Who recommended The Bronte Myth?

2 people have recommended The Bronte Myth in the interviews, articles and reading lists we track, including Margaret Atwood. Each name links to their full reading list.

Is The Bronte Myth worth reading?

2 people we track recommend it. It is best for: a literature graduate student preparing a seminar on 19th-century women writers who needs context on reception history and primary-source disputes—this supplies concrete biographer-by-biographer cases to discuss in class now; a book-club organizer picking a nonfiction title to spark debate about myth versus fact—this gives clear episodes that prompt argument about how reputations form and change; an English teacher building a unit around Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights who wants background on how public perceptions of the sisters affected readings of their novels. It may not suit: you'll likely put it down when the narrative shifts into dense historiographical chapters that catalogue critics and biographers in sequence—those sections slow the momentum; annoying if you prefer a novelistic biography with scene-by-scene reconstruction; this is more about reception and interpretation than fully dramatized life scenes; not a match if you wanted practical guidance on writing biography or hands-on exercises—no exercises and little in the way of how-to instruction.

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The Bronte Myth by Lucasta Miller: Recommended by 2 People

Name: The Bronte Myth
Author: Lucasta Miller

Following the Brontë sisters through their many reincarnations at the hands of biographers, Lucasta Miller reveals as much about the impossible art of biography as she does about the Brontës themselves. Their first biographer, Mrs Gaskell, transformed their story of literary ambition into one of the great legends of the 19th century, a dramatic tal...