{"product_id":"this-dark-night-emily-bronte-a-life-9781324037118","title":"This Dark Night: Emily Bronte, a Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eEmily Brontë (1818-1848) was only twenty-seven-years old when she began work on one of the most important novels in the English language. Two years later in 1847, she completed \u003cem\u003eWuthering Heights\u003c\/em\u003e. It took the world almost a century to catch up to Brontë's masterpiece, and it has taken even longer to know Brontë--an elusive figure, with a ghostly legacy provoked by her early death and the loss (and likely destruction) of almost all her personal papers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on formerly inaccessible notebooks and manuscripts, \u003cem\u003eThis Dark Night\u003c\/em\u003e constructs a portrait of Brontë, her famous writing sisters Charlotte and Anne, and the effect of their sisters' and mother's tragic deaths. In the first full-length biography in over twenty years, renowned scholar Deborah Lutz sketches the days of a woman crafting otherworldly fiction while running her father's parsonage: writing interweaving with household work, daydreaming, and exploring the rough-hewn outdoors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs she traces the influence of Brontë's life and work, Lutz follows how Brontë's fantastical early poems of the night sky, women rulers, and outsiders and rebels grew into the stormy, transcendent \u003cem\u003eWuthering Heights\u003c\/em\u003e. Lutz also illuminates the overlooked ways that the legendary writer addressed debates of her time that still resonate today, including questions of gender and sexuality, race and class, and rapid industrialization set against the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom her menagerie of dogs and birds to the beloved moors that Brontë wandered and later emblazoned in her novel, Lutz depicts the passions of an author at odds with convention. Uniting the domestic and the cosmic, \u003cem\u003eThis Dark Night\u003c\/em\u003e plumbs the life and writing of this idiosyncratic woman, dark soul, and monumental genius.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Deborah Lutz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.14h x 6.07w x 1.35d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324037118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLutz, Deborah:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eDeborah Lutz\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Kelly Professor in Nineteenth-Century English and American Literature at Pennsylvania State University. A Guggenheim, Cullman, and NEH Fellow, she is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Brontë Cabinet\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePleasure Bound\u003c\/em\u003e, and other works. Her writing has appeared in numerous journals, including the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives in Pennsylvania and New York City.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Deborah Lutz \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48231937015965,"sku":"9781324037118","price":40.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_a725fb6a-3a9f-45c1-9a79-b80e02dfdd2e.jpg?v=1778578181","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/this-dark-night-emily-bronte-a-life-9781324037118","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}