![]() ![]() ![]() Trying to know something about who this Anne Lister was, and why this name sounded so familiar to us, we realized that Anne Lister was " in Emily's day (that is when she taught in Law Hill ) the 'master of Shibden Hall, a sprawling building with dark, gleaming, wood-panelled walls inside, open beamed celings and huge fireplaces similar to those in Wuthering Heights (.) Anne Lister was a strange spinster heiress who always wore black and habitually dressed in men's clothes" (Katharine Frank, Emily Bontë: A Chainless Soul, p.123).Ĭhitham insists in this idea: She is alleged to be a lesbian quite certainly she was a forceful lady of great intellect and energy, as appears from her diaries. “Private Lives and Public Documents: Anne Lister’s Diaries and Charlotte Bronte’s Shirley in the Age of Post-Secrecy,” by Anne Longmuir (Kansas State University)Īnne is currently working on an article that explores the significance of Anne Lister's diaries, which have been called the "Rosetta stone of lesbianism," to our reading of Charlotte Bronte's Shirley. ![]() Reading the program of the " PRIVACY (and Secrecy) " 15th annual Cultural Studies Conference at Kansas State University (March 9-11, 2006 Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas) we have found that the following talk was presented on the 10th March: ![]()
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