Odd elements of Brontë tale laid bare her courage (6)
I believe the answer is:
bottle
'courage' is the definition.
(bottle can mean courage)
'odd elements of bronte tale laid bare' is the wordplay.
'odd elements of' indicates alternate letters (only the odd-numbered letters are used).
'laid bare' becomes 'e' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'bronte'+'tale'='brontetale'
The alternate letters of 'brontetale' are 'bottl'.
'bottl'+'e'='BOTTLE'
'her' is the link.
This may not be right. It may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bottle that I've seen before include "Vessel for liquids" , "Glass or plastic vessel" , "Device used by beer drinkers" , "Narrow-necked vessel" , "Glass container or slangy courage" .)