The Brontës in the World of the Arts

The Brontës in the World of the Arts
Author: Sandra Hagan
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2016-12-05
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1351893505

Although previous scholarship has acknowledged the importance of the visual arts to the Brontës, relatively little attention has been paid to the influence of music, theatre, and material culture on the siblings' lives and literature. This interdisciplinary collection presents new research on the Brontës' relationship to the wider world of the arts, including their relationship to the visual arts. The contributors examine the siblings' artistic ambitions, productions, and literary representations of creative work in both amateur and professional realms. Also considered are re-envisionings of the Brontës' works, with an emphasis on those created in the artistic media the siblings themselves knew or practiced. With essays by scholars who represent the fields of literary studies, music, art, theatre studies, and material culture, the volume brings together the strongest current research and suggests areas for future work on the Brontës and their cultural contexts.

The Brontës in the World of the Arts

The Brontës in the World of the Arts
Author: Sandra Hagan
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2008
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780754657521

This interdisciplinary collection presents new research on the Brontës' intense and varied relationship to the wider world of the arts. With essays by scholars who represent the fields of literary studies, music, art, theatre studies, and material culture, the volume brings together the strongest current research and suggests areas for future work on the Brontës and their cultural contexts.

Worlds Of Ink And Shadow

Worlds Of Ink And Shadow
Author: Lena Coakley
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2016-01-05
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1443416614

The Bronte siblings—Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne—find escape from their constrained lives via their rich imaginations. The glittering world of Verdopolis and the romantic and melancholy world of Gondal literally come to life under their pens, offering the sort of romance and intrigue missing from their isolated parsonage home. But at what price? As Branwell begins to descend into madness and the sisters feel their real lives slipping away, they must weigh the cost of their powerful imaginations, even as the characters they have created—the brooding Rogue and dashing Duke of Zamorna—refuse to let them go. Gorgeously written and based on the Brontes’ juvenilia, Worlds of Ink and Shadow brings to life one of history’s most celebrated literary families in a thrilling, suspenseful fantasy.

The Brontes

The Brontes
Author: Anne Brontë
Publisher:
Total Pages: 724
Release: 1996
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780752513751

The World of the Brontës

The World of the Brontës
Author: Jane O'Neill
Publisher: Carlton Publishing Group
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1997
Genre: Authors, English
ISBN: 9781858683416

Examines the lives of the Bronte family, describes the times during which they lived, and surveys the landscapes that influenced and inspired their writing.

Glass Town

Glass Town
Author: Isabel Greenberg
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2020-03-03
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1683358597

A graphic novel about the Brontë siblings and their inventive childhood from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Encyclopedia of Early Earth. NPR Best Book of 2020 Glass Town is an original graphic novel by Isabel Greenberg that encompasses the eccentric childhoods of the four Brontë children—Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, and Anne. The story begins in 1825, with the deaths of Maria and Elizabeth, the eldest siblings. It is in response to this loss that the four remaining Brontë children set pen to paper and created the fictional world that became known as Glass Town. This world and its cast of characters would come to be the Brontës’ escape from the realities of their lives. Within Glass Town the siblings experienced love, friendship, war, triumph, and heartbreak. Through a combination of quotes from the stories originally penned by the Brontës, biographical information about them, and Greenberg’s vivid comic book illustrations, readers will find themselves enraptured by this fascinating imaginary world. “This lyrical, endlessly inventive book will appeal equally to lovers of history, literature, and metatextual fantasy.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Drawn with a cheery and expansive sweep that belies its sometimes somber subject, Glass Town is a testament to the (usually) redemptive powers of imagination.” —Minneapolis Star-Tribune “Greenberg pulls Glass Town and its characters directly from the Brontës’ juvenilia, giving readers a look into the early creativity of an iconic literary family with a playful visual style that captures the Brontës’ enthusiasm as they discover what fiction can do.” —AV Club

The Infernal World of Branwell Brontë

The Infernal World of Branwell Brontë
Author: Daphne Du Maurier
Publisher:
Total Pages: 272
Release: 1960
Genre: Bronte family
ISBN:

Pursued by the twin demons of drink and madness, Branwell Bronte created a private world that was indeed infernal. As a bold and gifted child, his promise seemed boundless to the three adoring sisters over whom his rule was complete. But as an adult, the precocious flame of genius distorted and burned low. With neither the strength nor the resources to counter rejection, unable to sell his paintings or publish his books, Branwell became a spectre in the Bronte story, in pathetic contrast with the astonishing achievements of Charlotte, Emily and Anne. This is the biography of the shadowy figure of the "unknown" Bronte.

The Brontës in Context

The Brontës in Context
Author: Marianne Thormählen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 425
Release: 2012-11-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1139851179

Very few families produce one outstanding writer. The Brontë family produced three. The works of Charlotte, Emily and Anne remain immensely popular, and are increasingly being studied in relation to the surroundings and wider context that formed them. The forty-two new essays in this book tell 'the Brontë story' as it has never been told before, drawing on the latest research and the best available scholarship while offering new perspectives on the writings of the sisters. A section on Brontë criticism traces their reception to the present day. The works of the sisters are explored in the context of social, political and cultural developments in early-nineteenth-century Britain, with attention given to religion, education, art, print culture, agriculture, law and medicine. Crammed with information, The Brontës in Context shows how the Brontës' fiction interacts with the spirit of the time, suggesting reasons for its enduring fascination.

A Companion to the Brontës

A Companion to the Brontës
Author: Diane Long Hoeveler
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 628
Release: 2016-05-31
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1118404947

A Companion to the Brontës brings the latest literary research and theory to bear on the life, work, and legacy of the Brontë family. Includes sections on literary and critical contexts, individual texts, historical and cultural contexts, reception studies, and the family’s continuing influence Features in-depth articles written by well-known and emerging scholars from around the world Addresses topics such as the Gothic tradition, film and dramatic adaptation, psychoanalytic approaches, the influence of religion, and political and legal questions of the day – from divorce and female disinheritance, to worker reform Incorporates recent work in Marxist, feminist, post-colonial, and race and gender studies

The Bronte Sisters

The Bronte Sisters
Author: Charlotte Brontë
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Total Pages: 1384
Release: 2005
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781840220605

Includes the novels Jane Eyre, Villette, Wuthering Heights, Agnes Grey, and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.