The Oxford companion to the Brontës / [edited by] Christine Alexander and Margaret Smith ; preface by Claire Harman.

Other author Alexander, Christine (Christine Anne) editor, author.
Other author Smith, Margaret, 1931- editor, author.
Format Book
EditionAnniversary edition.
PublicationOxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Copyright Date©2018
Descriptionliii, 586 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Subjects
Brontë family--Encyclopedias.
Women and literature--England. --History. --19th century. --Encyclopedias.
Novelists, English--19th century. --Biography. --Encyclopedias.
Women novelists, English--Biography. --Encyclopedias.
English fiction--Women authors. --Encyclopedias.
English fiction--19th century. --Encyclopedias.
Yorkshire (England)--Intellectual life. --Encyclopedias.
Yorkshire (England)--In literature. --Encyclopedias.

Portion of title Brontës
Summary The Oxford Companion to the Brontës' provides both comprehensive and detailed information about the lives, works, and reputations of the Brontës - the three sisters Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, and their father and brother Branwell - all of whom were published writers. It is the first time so much information about the family has been gathered together in an A-Z reference book. The story of the Brontës has become the stuff of myth: three women living on the wild Yorkshire moors, writing works of weird and wonderful genius. Charlotte Brontë claimed that her sister Emily's novel Wuthering Heights was 'hewn in a wild workshop'. Inspired by a deep love of nature and an intensely private imaginative world it certainly was, but Emily's novel, like those of her sisters, is engaged with 19th-century issues and debates.
General noteOriginally published: 2003.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 582-586).
Genre/formEncyclopedias.
Genre/formHistory.
ISBN0198819951
ISBN9780198819950

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PR4168 .A3 2018 ✔ Available Place Hold