Tag Archives: Charlotte Bronte

Jane Austen: a very polite correspondent

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Ingrid Tieken

Merel Kohsiek’s second blog post is on a comparison between the language of Charlotte Brontë and that of Jane Austen: For my analysis of the language of grief in Charlotte Brontë’s letters (see also my previous blog post), I did a … Continue reading →

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The Brontë sisters’ pseudonyms

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Ingrid Tieken

Merel Kohsiek wrote her first blogpost on the Brontë sisters’ pseudonyms, and how Charlotte’s identity was revealed: Charlotte Brontë is now known mainly for her novel Jane Eyre, but her contemporaries did not know her as such. The novel was published under … Continue reading →

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Carriers of Closeness: the letters of Charlotte Brontë

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Ingrid Tieken

…I am determined to write, for I should be sorry to appear a neglectful correspondent to one from whose communications I have derived, and still derive, so much pleasure (Smith 1995: II, 128). Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855) wrote these words to … Continue reading →

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