The Neo-Victorian Presence(s) of Emily Brontë

Since the arrival of "Currer, Acton and Ellis Bell" on the literary scene in 1847, the intense desire to unmask them—even after they were revealed as Charlotte, Anne, and Emily Brontë—has led to much guesswork and fictionalizing about their lives and their works. This investigation will consider how the re-visioning of Emily Brontë's personal history in recent neo-Victorian biofictions of her character(s) allows for a reconsideration of the intensity of her literary life and of her personal life as an unconventional young woman.