A Peculiar Illusion: Narrative Technique and the Lovers in Wuthering Heights.
This paper draws attention to a curious but widespread illusion about Wuthering Heights: that Catherine and Heathcliff meet as adult lovers on the hilltop of Penistone Crag. There may be commercial reasons why film-makers promote this image, but many readers of the novel believe that they have read...
| Publicado en: | Bronte Studies Vol. 45; no. 2; pp. 196 - 209 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Apr2020
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