Cottage Poems: Including Introductory Essays by Virginia Woolf and Clement K. Shorter - Softcover

Brontė, Patrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1528703847 ISBN 13: 9781528703840

Publisher: Ragged Hand - Read & Co., 2018

Synopsis

Cottage Poems, by Patrick Brontė, is a reflective and morally grounded collection that reveals the literary sensibilities of the Brontė family’s patriarch.

Rooted in rural life and Christian faith, these poems explore themes of devotion, humility, labour, and the quiet dignity of ordinary existence. Written with clarity and earnest conviction, Patrick Brontė’s verse draws on nature and domestic scenes to express spiritual reflection and ethical guidance, offering readers insight into the values that shaped life in the Brontė household.

Though less widely known than the works of his children, Cottage Poems holds a unique place in literary history, providing valuable context for the moral seriousness, emotional intensity, and poetic discipline that would later emerge so powerfully in the writings of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontė.

Gentle, thoughtful, and sincere, Cottage Poems stands as both a devotional work and an important precursor to one of literature’s most remarkable families.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ragged Hand - Read & Co.
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1528703847
• ISBN 13: 9781528703840
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 93