Oxford Companion to the Brontes: Anniversary edition

The Oxford Companion to the Brontës is a special edition commemorating the bicentenary of Emily Brontë's birth in 1818. It provides comprehensive and detailed information about the lives, works, and reputations of the Brontës, their father, and their brother Branwell. Expanded entries survey their lives and works, and include entries on friends and acquaintances, pets, literary and political heroes, places they knew and imagined, letters, drawings, and paintings, historical events, exploration, slavery, and religion. Selected entries on the characters and places in the Brontë 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. The Companion is a unique and authoritative reference book for research students and general readers, with A-Z format, extensive cross-referencing, classified contents, chronologies, illustrations, and maps.

Format: Hardback
Length: 640 pages
Publication date: 19 April 2018
Publisher: Oxford University Press

This special edition of The Oxford Companion to the Brontës, published to commemorate the bicentenary of Emily Brontë's birth in July 1818, offers a comprehensive and detailed exploration of the lives, works, and reputations of the Brontë sisters, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, their father, and their brother Branwell. Expanded entries provide in-depth surveys of the Brontës' lives and works, complemented by entries on their friends, acquaintances, pets, literary and political heroes, places they knew, and places they imagined. The Companion also delves into historical events such as Chartism, the Peterloo Massacre, and the Ashantee Wars, as well as exploration, slavery, and religion. Selected entries on the characters and places in the Brontë juvenilia offer a glimpse into their early imaginative worlds, while entries on film, ballet, and musicals showcase the profound impact their works have had on other artists. A new foreword by Claire Harman, an award-winning writer and literary critic, and a recent biographer of Charlotte Brontë, adds further insight to the text.

The Oxford Companion to the Brontës is organized in an A-Z format, with extensive cross-referencing, classified contents, chronologies, illustrations, and maps to facilitate quick reference and encourage further exploration. Beyond its utility for quick searches, this Companion is a delight to browse and an inspiration for further reading. It serves as a valuable resource for scholars, students, and enthusiasts alike, shedding light on the rich literary legacy of the Brontë family and their enduring influence on literature and culture.

Weight: 1248g
Dimension: 167 x 241 x 38 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780198819950