Binding: Hardcover
Description: This special edition of The Oxford Companion to the Bront's commemorates the bicentenary of Emily Bront 's birth in July 1818 and provides comprehensive and detailed information about the lives works and reputations of the Bront's - the three sisters Charlotte Emily and Anne their father and their brother Branwell. Expanded entries surveying the Bront's lives and works are supplemented by entries on friends and acquaintances pets literary and political heroes; on the places they knew and the places they imagined; on their letters drawings and paintings; on historical events such as Chartism the Peterloo Massacre and the Ashantee Wars; on exploration slavery and religion. Selected entries on the characters and places in the Bront juvenilia provide a glimpse into their early imaginative worlds and entries on film ballet and musicals indicate the extent to which their works have inspired others. A new foreword to the text has been also penned by Claire Harman award - winning writer and literary critic and recent biographer of Charlotte Bront . This is a unique and authoritative reference book for the research student and the general reader. The A - Z format extensive cross - referencing classified contents chronologies illustrations and maps both facilitate quick reference and encourage further exploration. This Companion is not only invaluable for quick searches but a delight to browse and an inspiration to further reading.
Title: The Oxford Companion To The Brontes Anniversary Edition
Author(s): Smith Margaret (Formerly Fellow Of The Institute Of Advanced Research In Arts And Social Sciences University Of Birmingham)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198819950
Pages: 640 Pages, 32 Half Tones, Maps
Publication Date: 7/1/2018
Series: Oxford Companions
Category: Literary Companions, Book Reviews & Guides