| The Poems of Emily Brontė Contributor(s): Brontė, Emily (Author), Roper, Derek (Editor), Chitham, Edward (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0198126417 ISBN-13: 9780198126416 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $289.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1996 Annotation: Emily Bronte's achievement as a poet has been in part eclipsed by that of her masterpiece, Wuthering Heights, yet the poems reveal a powerful and highly individual imagination and poetic voice. The Poems of Emily Bronte is the first edition of the poetry to appear with full scholarly apparatus: based wherever possible on manuscripts, it preserves Bronte's original (sometimes unorthodox) presentation, and records the stages of her revisions. The lack of any surviving manuscript of the novel makes this policy particularly valuable, since it offers the reader the rare chance of watching the writer's creative mind at work. Returning to the original manuscripts has achieved a more accurate text than in any previous edition, resulting in a substantial number of new readings. Derek Roper records everything that could be deciphered from these difficult manuscripts, including Emily Bronte' spelling and punctuation, and numerous variants, cancellations, and revisions. The enlightening introduction and commentary place the poems in their literary context, and a large number of echoes and parallels from Scott, Byron, Moore, and other authors are identified. The 'Gondal' poems are related to what is known of that imaginary world and which many poems are set, and a fresh attempt is made to relate these to Emily Bronte's other poems. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Collections | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 821.8 |
| LCCN: 94039225 |
| Lexile Measure: 1430 |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.24 lbs) 328 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Emily Brontė's achievement as a poet has been eclipsed by her masterpiece, Wuthering Heights. The Poems of Emily Brontė is the first edition to appear with full scholarly apparatus, and to preserve the writer's original (sometimes unorthodox) presentation and revisions. With no manuscript of Wuthering Heights extant, this edition of her sometimes undervalued poetry gives the reader the rare chance of seeing the writer's creative mind at work. Recreating the literary context of the poems, this edition also takes into account recent critical insights. The enlightening introduction and commentary place the poems in their literary context, and a large number of echoes and parallels from Scott, Byron, Moore, and other authors are identified. |
