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'The Wuther of the Other in "Wuthering Heights"'

Steven Vine

Nineteenth-Century Literature, Volume: 49, Issue: 3, Pages: 339 - 359

Swansea University Author: Steven Vine

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The essay offers a reading of 'Wuthering Heights' that con¬siders aspects of the novel’s metaphor of ‘wuthering.’ It shows how 'Wuthering Heights' is about instability on multiple levels, specifically in relation to its presentation of subjectivity and desire. The essay argues th...

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Published: 1994
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