Emily Bronte
Emily Jane Bronte was born on July 30, 1818. The names of
her mother and father are Maria Barnwell and Patrick Bronte who was an Irish
father. She was the fifth of six children in the family.
Emily Bronte belongs to the Romantic tradition. Bronte
published her works under the pen name Ellis Bell. She was better known as a
novelist than a poet. It is because of her famous novel Wuthering Height ,
which firmly established her as a master storyteller. Wuthering Height is
unique both in its subject and technique. It explores love as both fulfilling
and killing, in a unique narrative technique.
One fine example of Emily Bronte’s “fiery stoicism, fervent
pantheism, and independent spirituality”, is her poem No coward soul is mine.
In this poem Bronte boldly states her faith in immortality in her union with
God in that pantheistic view of the universe, which she seems to have shared
with Romantics like Wordsworth and his followers. Emily Dickinson the American
poet wanted this poem recited at her funeral.
On 19 December 1848 Emily Bronte died at the age of 30.
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