Maggie Berg
Wuthering Heights: The Writing in the Margin.
Twayne Publishers, 1996. Twayne's Masterwork Studies, No. 163. First printing. 0805780513 xiii/136 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately , is bound in cream paper spine and boards, with stamped black lettering to spine. Book and dust jacket are like new.
"...presents an engaging and provocative appraisal of Bronte's novel, arguing that "Wurthering Heights" is about margins and marginality -- the perceptions and uses of domestic, bodily, and textual spaces by men and women. The most revealing object of this focus, asserts Maggie Berg, is Catherine's diary, written in the blank spaces of culturally revered tomes and reflecting Catherine's oppression by and rebellion against patriarchal society. "Wuthering Heights," Berg avers, "offers a striking demonstration of how patriarchal ideology can issue in the abuse of women and children, and, more importantly, it demonstrates women's creative ways of resisting oppression."