The Poems of Emily Brontė (Oxford English Texts) - Hardcover

Emily Bronte

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198126417 ISBN 13: 9780198126416

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1996

Synopsis

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 the 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. The Poems records everything that could be deciphered from these difficult manuscripts, including Emily Bronte's spelling, 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 in which many poems are set, and a fresh attempt is made to relate these to Emily Bronte's other poems.

About this title

About the Author

Roper is editor of Lyrical Ballads 1805, by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Colerige (Collins, 1968) and of the Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (Modern Humanities Research Association, 1974-75) and UK editor of the same 1975-83.

Chitham is editor of the Poems of Anne Brontė, (1979, Macmillan); and joint editor of Brontė Notes, Brontė Problems (1983, Macmillan).

From the Back Cover

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198126417
• ISBN 13: 9780198126416
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 328
• Editor: Edward Chitham, Derek Roper