{"product_id":"emily-bronte-wuthering-heights-oxford-worlds-classics-edition","title":"Emily Brontë Wuthering Heights (Oxford World's Classics Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e“Heathcliff is Emily Brontë, a woman who pressed at the limits of gender …”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(Camille Paglia)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn intensely felt love story that inspired Kate Bush's song of the same name, the terrain on which the story of \u003cem\u003eWuthering Heights\u003c\/em\u003e takes place is arguably inspired by the caustic and yet beautiful hills that surround \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eBrontë's former home in Haworth, Yorkshire. This environmental setting for a romantic, emotional narrative offers us a way to think about how our physical experience of the natural world impacts our inner lives and sense of the erotic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe novel also explores gender-shifts, perspectives on sadomasochism and the fluidity of identity - as outlined by American critic Camille Paglia\u003cspan\u003e in her book \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cem\u003eSexual Personae: Art and Decadence, from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe deeper concerns of \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eWuthering Heights -\u003c\/em\u003e discrimination, oppression and the refrains of extreme patriarchy - assert that gender relations and our sense of identity in relation to others are shaped by socio-cultural forces. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis Oxford World's Classics edition of \u003cem\u003eWuthering Heights\u003c\/em\u003e contains the authoritative Clarendon text, with revised and expanded notes and a selection of poems by Emily Brontë, too. The cover features \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eJulia Margaret Cameron’s 1864 portrait of the actress Ellen Terry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf you are interested in the raw and harshly-felt realities of \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eBrontë's novel, we recommend you watch British director Andrea Arnold's adaptation (released in 2011).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Sensual World","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54096449077571,"sku":null,"price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0935\/1764\/4099\/files\/WutheringHeights.jpg?v=1768990231","url":"https:\/\/www.thesensualworld.com\/products\/emily-bronte-wuthering-heights-oxford-worlds-classics-edition","provider":"The Sensual World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}