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Wuthering Heights Group Research Project: Romanticism 1785-1832 in England & Germany

Guide to resources.

Romanticism 1785-1832 in England & Germany

a) What are the prominent traits of the Romantic Period? (Show examples of 2-3 famous paintings that depict these traits)
b) To what extent and how does Wuthering Heights exemplify these traits?  (Use quotations from the novel to support your position.)   

Databases

Example of relevant article:

Stone, Alison. “Alienation from Nature and Early German Romanticism.” Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, vol. 17, no. 1, 2014, pp. 41–54. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/24478699.

Example of relevant article:

Possidente, Amy R. "Women and Landscape in Wuthering Heights." Victorians: A Journal of Culture and Literature, no. 134, winter 2018, p. NA. Gale Literature Resource Center, dx.doi.org.i.ezproxy.nypl.org/10.1353/vct.2018.0023.

Example of relevant article:

Haggerty, George E. "The Gothic Form of Wuthering Heights." Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, edited by Jessica Bomarito and Russel Whitaker, vol. 165, Gale, 2006. Gale Literature Criticism, link-gale-com.i.ezproxy.nypl.org/apps/doc/WXOZBT255314221/LCO?u=nypl&sid=bookmark-LCO&xid=65452b45. Originally published in Victorian Newsletter, no. 74, Fall 1988, pp. 1-6.

Example of a relevant article: 

Nussbaum, Martha Craven. "Wuthering Heights: The Romantic Ascent." Philosophy and Literature, vol. 20 no. 2, 1996, p. 362-382. Project MUSEhttps://dx.doi.org/10.1353/phl.1996.0076.