a) Research the life of the author and her family.
b) How might her life have influenced the novel?
c) Read some of her poems and consider sharing 1-2 with the class. (The Poetry Foundation and poets.org has the more famous ones.)
Example of relevant article:
Austin, Linda M. “Emily Brontë’s Homesickness.” Victorian Studies, vol. 44, no. 4, 2002, pp. 573–96. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3829491.
Example of relevant article:
Neufeldt, Victor A. "Emily (Jane) Bronte." Victorian Poets Before 1850, edited by William E. Fredeman and Ira Bruce Nadel, Gale, 1984. Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 32. Gale Literature Resource Center, link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1200002503/LitRC?u=nypl&sid=bookmark-LitRC&xid=2de61184.
Example of relevant article:
"Emily Brontë." Encyclopedia of World Biography Online, Gale, 1998. Gale In Context: Biography, link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1631000918/BIC?u=nypl&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=7fcb2857.
Example of relevant article:
"Emily Brontë." The Brontës: A Documentary Volume, edited by Susan B. Taylor, vol. 340, Gale, 2008, pp. 122-155. Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 340. Gale Literature: Dictionary of Literary Biography, link-gale-com.i.ezproxy.nypl.org/apps/doc/RODKTC752169959/DLBC?u=nypl&sid=bookmark-DLBC&xid=76fd418f.