The Complete Poems of Emily Jane Bronte

Emily Jane Bront?

ISBN 10: 0231103476 / ISBN 13: 9780231103473

Published by Columbia University Press, 1995

About this Item

The renowned Hatfield edition of Bronte's poetry is a body of work that continues to resonate today. It includes Emily's verse from Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell, as well as 200 works collected from various manuscript sources after her death in 1848. Editor(s): Hatfield, C. W. Num Pages: 262 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406. . 1995. 0th Edition. Paperback. . . . .

Seller Inventory # V9780231103473

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Complete Poems of Emily Jane Bronte
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0231103476
• ISBN 13: 9780231103473
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

In 1846 a small book entitled Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bellappeared on the British Literary scene. The three psuedonymous poets, the Brontė sisters went on to unprecedented success with such novels as Wuthering Heights, Agnes Grey, and Jane Eyre, all published in the following year.

As children, these English sisters had begun writing poems and stories abotu an imaginary country named Gondal, yet they never sought to publish any of their work until Charlotte's discovery of Emily's more mature poems in the autumn of 1845. Charlotte later recalled: "I accidentally lighted on a MS. volume of verse in my sister Emily's handwriting....I looked it over, amd something more than surprise seized me -- a deep conviction that these were not common effusions, nor at all like the poetry women generally write. I thought them condensed and terse, vigorous and genuine. To my ear they had also a peculiar music -- wild, melancholy, and elevating."

The renowned Hatfield edition of The Complete Poems of Emily Jane Brontė includes the poetry that captivated Charlotte Brontė a century and a half ago, a body of work that continues to resonate today. This incomparable volume includes Emily's verse from Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell as well as 200 works collected from various manuscript sources after her death in 1848. Some were deited and preserved by Charlotte and Arthur Bell Nichols; still others were discovered years later by Brontė scholars.

Originally released in 1923, Hatfield's collection was the result of a remarkable attempt over twenty years to isolate Emily's poems from her sisters' and to achieve chronological order. Accompanied by an interpretive preface on "The Gondal Story" by Miss Fannie E. Ratchford, author of The Brontė's Web of Childhood, the edition is the definitive collection of Emily Brontė's poetical works.

From the Back Cover

The renowned Hatfield edition of The Complete Poems of Emily Jane Bronte includes the poetry that captivated Charlotte Bronte a century and a half ago, a body of work that continues to resonate today.