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British Library

British Library: Wuthering Heights: Violence and Cruelty

9th - 10th
Professor John Bowen explores Emily Bronte's extraordinary use of violence in "Wuthering Heights". [4:12]
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British Library: Wuthering Heights: Fantasy and Realism

9th - 10th
Professor John Bowen considers Emily Bronte's combination of fantasy and reality in Wuthering Heights and the way in which fairy tale and Gothic elements 'haunt the edges' of the novel.
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British Library: Wuthering Heights: Landscape

9th - 10th
Professor John Bowen discusses the harshness of the landscape around Haworth and the central part it plays in the writings of the Bronte sisters. [3:26]
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British Library: The Brontes: Life in Haworth

9th - 10th
Professor John Bowen and Ann Dinsdale discuss the poor sanitary conditions in Haworth in the 19th century and the mix of rural and industrial influences on the Bronte sisters and their writing. [4:04]