May Sinclair writes on the Brontës
Poet involved
What happened
In 1907, May Sinclair contributed an introduction to an Everyman edition of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights. The chronology records this critical work alongside her own novels The Helpmate and The Judgment of Eve. It demonstrates her growing involvement with the interpretation and presentation of major English literature.
Literary impact
Sinclair’s critical engagement with Wuthering Heights placed her in direct dialogue with one of the major novels of the English canon. Her interest in the Brontës developed further through later introductions and criticism, linking her own fiction with an important literary inheritance.
Source: Attached chronology
