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Nineteenth-Century Studies
Public Group active 1 day, 14 hours agoFor courses and discussion related to any aspect of the long nineteenth century in England, the United States, and elsewhere.
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Cameron Luquer wrote a new blog post Emily Bronte’s Challenge to Gender Norms and Hierarchically Constructed Power in Withering Heights in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 1 day, 14 hours agoWe looked at two articles discussing the topic of how Emily Bronte challenges gender norms/hierarchically constructed power of the Victorian Era in her writing. These articles include “Fighting Back Against the E […]
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Cameron Luquer wrote a new blog post Is Catherine the Ideal Victorian Woman? in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 2 days, 21 hours agoThe idea of the place of women in society that has come up in readings by George Eliot, Martineau, Ada Lovelace, Margaret Fuller, etc. Through these readings we see the societal expectations of women during the […]
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Hayley Jones wrote a new blog post Heathcliff and “The Cry of the Children” in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 days agoPoor Heathcliff. I’ve read Wuthering Heights once before and have always felt the most sympathy for his character, though it’s hard to root for any of the characters in Bronte’s novel wholeheartedly. As Nelly’s […]
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Hannah Bentivegna edited the blog post Social Status and Poverty in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 days, 14 hours agoAfter reading the first chapters of “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Bronte, I couldn’t help but notice the obvious underlying racial tension that arise due to social status. It’s obvious that Lockwood feels superio […]
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Logan Carpenter edited the blog post Who do you know here? in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 days, 14 hours agoAfter reading Wuthering Heights, I noticed a theme of social class. The Earnshaws and the Lindons were apart of the gentry, or the upper middle class. Because people in this group have no titles, their status is […]
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David Beyea edited the blog post Where Have All the Children Gone? in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 days, 15 hours agoDuring our class on Thursday when we discussed the plight of English children in the Victorian age (particularly in “The Cry of the Children” and “The Chimney Sweeper”), the overarching concept came up of the […]
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Abbey Morgan edited the blog post The Feminism of Wuthering Heights in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 days, 15 hours agoSomething that strikes me in Wuthering Heights, and especially interests me because I do not recall it from high school, is the portrayal of the female characters. Of course, it is much less surprising than if […]
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Tommy Castronova edited the blog post Connexions, week of 9/16 in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 days, 15 hours agoOne character in “Wuthering Heights” I find particularly interesting is Mrs Heathcliff, the widow. Her introduction in chapter 2 makes her out to be particularly cold and rude. But what I find fascinating about […]
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Mallory DelSignore wrote a new blog post The Wuther of the Other in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 days, 15 hours agoAn overarching theme that our class has been discussing is gender ideologies and attributes depicted within Victorian literature. In response to this interest, Group 3 found Steven Vine’s article, “The Wuther of […]
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Isabella Higgins edited the blog post Working Class Complaints in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 days, 15 hours agoI find it really interesting how so far, across the Victorian literature we have read there’s a lot of thematic commonalities, particularly in regards to the treatment of the working class. This makes perfect […]
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John Serbalik edited the blog post Racial and Gender Issues in Victorian Society in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 days, 16 hours agoThe way in which Heathcliff and Catherine are treated reflects the discrimination targeted at. Prior to meeting Heathcliff, Cathy lived comfortably with her brother, Hindley. Mr. Earnshaw promises to get the […]
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Mallory DelSignore edited the blog post The Cry of Catherine and Heathcliff in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 days, 16 hours agoSurprisingly, I found an intriguing connection between The Cry of the Children and Wuthering Heights. Since the infamous Catherine and Heathcliff love story in Wuthering Heights begins when they are children, I […]
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Frederick Yopp edited the blog post The Recurrence of Societal Roles Throughout Victorian Literature in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 days, 16 hours agoEmily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights is a depiction of the intricacies of class structure during the 19th century; an idea had been addressed to some extent in nearly every piece of Victorian literature we had read […]
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Kristopher Bangsil edited the blog post Children in the Victorian Social Climate in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 days, 16 hours agoOne of the most prevalent parts of the beginning of Wuthering Heights is in its usage of children. One of the most critical and strange scenes in the opening chapters is when Catherine’s ghost talks with L […]
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Georgia VanDerwater edited the blog post Challenged Victorian Gender Roles in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 days, 16 hours agoOne thing I noticed while reading Wuthering Heights was the ways women and men were portrayed in some abnormal representations of gender roles, not sticking too closely to gender stereotypes. As Martineau wrote […]
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Jaffre Aether wrote a new blog post The impact of setting in William Blake’s “London” and Emily Bronte’s “Wuthering Heights” in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 days, 16 hours agoOne area of connection (through disconnection) that interests me is the setting in William Blake’s “London” and Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. Insomuch as how these two interact, I find it necessary to note a […]
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Sandra Ching edited the blog post “A son who Died in Childhood” in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 days, 17 hours agoOne of the biggest mysteries about Heathcliff is his past. Chapter 4 of Wuthering Heights states that Mr. Earnshaw saw Heathcliff “starving, and houseless, and as good as dumb, in the streets of Liverpool,” and […]
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Emma Sens edited the blog post connection in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 days, 17 hours agoWith all the pieces we have read so far, I consistently see a theme of mistreatment of the lower class. In Wuthering Heights, it is demonstrated by the poor child who is referred to as “it” and banished to the […]
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Sara Devoe edited the blog post Lockwood vs. William Blake in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 days, 17 hours agoUpon reading the first two chapters of “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Bronte, I think it can be argued that there is a connection between the societal views of Lockwood and how much they may contradict with tha […]
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Sandy Brahaspat edited the blog post Mrs. Heathcliff: The Mischievous Woman in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 days, 18 hours agoWhen we are first introduced to the master of Wuthering Heights and its residents, Mrs. Heathcliff (Cathy Linton) attracts the attention of Mr. Lockwood who initially mistakes her for Heathcliff’s wife, but l […]
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