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Emily Bronte's pedagogy of desire in Wuthering Heights.

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From: Victorian Newsletter
Date: 20060322
Author:Reeves, Amy Carol

Too often, critics of Wuthering Heights focus on the erotic relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine, while subordinating the eroticism between the characters in the outer frame of the novel. Specifically, the romance between Catherine and Hareton and the seduction fantasy occurring between the narrators, Nelly Dean and Lockwood, have been largely overlooked. In this outer constellation of erotic relationships, Bronte positions the woman as teacher--both in intellectual and sexual matters. Knowledge, literacy, and sexual potency become merged in these relationships, made ...

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