#abrontë

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Gothic literature is largely considered a women's genre, including Ann Radcliffe, Mary Shelley and the Brontë sisters. They often offered a mental escape from confinement.

Ivan Kreilkamp, "Petted Things: Wuthering Heights and the Animal"

The genii in their Glass Town stories are the Brontë siblings themselves, acting as god-characters to shift the story (reviving characters, creating storms, and more).

The Brontës poetry uses shifting personas, often referred to by initials, for their different Gondolian characters; AGA, who is the Queen of Gondal, is one of the characters that appear most often.

Relevant to the story of Agnes Grey and Tenant of Wildfell Hall is the history of animal welfare; at the time of the novel, many people still considered animals to be unfeeling creatures, simply existing for their pleasure and use. This changed as the Victorian era went on. The history of animal welfare: - Early 1800s: House of Commons considers the first animal protection bill; few members attend and many mock the bill. - 1822: The Richard Martins Bill passes to prevent cruel and improper treatment of cattle and horses - farm and draft animals only, not bulls or pets. - 1824: The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) assembles for the first time in London. - Queen Victoria, an advocate for animal rights, turns the SCPA into the Royal Society; she makes animal rights international and fashionable. - 1835: A Consolidation bill by Joseph Pease MP, a RSPCA member, passes. - 1854: Laws prohibit carts drawn by dogs. - 1869: Wild birds receive protection. - 1876: Cruelty to Animals Act is passed. - 1889: A society is created and becomes known as Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.

The Brontës works almost all fall under the Gothic Romantic novel due to their merged fantasy and realism.

While the Brontës weren't directly concerned with women's rights in their day to day life - feminism wasn't a concept yet - they did often write about women's issues including, but not limited to, the following: domestic abuse, women's careers, the conflicts between career and desire, child abuse, and self-determination.