BRONTE, EMILY

Additional reading The first biography of Emily was by A. Mary F. Robinson, Emily Bront (1883, reprinted 1978). Winifred Grin, Emily Bront (1971); Richard Benvenuto, Emily Bront (1982); Edward Chitham, A Life of Emily Bront (1987); and Katherine Frank, A Chainless Soul (1990), are more recent treatments. Irene Cooper Willis, The Authorship of Wuthering Heights (1936, reprinted 1975), rejects the theory of Branwell as the author. Mary Visick, The Genesis of Wuthering Heights, 3rd ed. (1980), analyzes the Gondal figures as precursors to the novel's characters. Lyn Pykett, Emily Bront (1989), resolves outdated objections to her work. Bibliographies of criticism and interpretation include Anne Passel, Charlotte and Emily Bront (1979); and R.W. Crump, Charlotte and Emily Bront, 3 vol. (198286).