E-book

Selected poems / the Brontë sisters ; edited with an introduction by Stevie Davies.

Brontë, Anne, 1820-1849 (Author). Davies, Stevie. (Added Author). Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 Poems. Selections. (Added Author). Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848 Poems. Selections. (Added Author).

Summary:

Although the Brontës have long fascinated readers of fiction and biography, their poetry was all too little known until this pioneering selection by Stevie Davies, the novelist and critic. Charlotte (1816-1855) is certainly a competent poet, and Anne (1820-1849) developed a distinctive voice, while Emily (1818-1848) is one of the great women poets in English. Read together with their novels, the poems movingly elucidate the ideas around which the narratives revolve. And they surprise us out of our conventional notions of the sisters' personalities: Emily's rebelliousness, for example, is co.

Record details

ISBN: 9781136068744
ISBN: 1136068740
Physical Description: 1 online resource.
Publisher: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Cover; Title; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; The Brontës as Poets; Charlotte Brontë; Emily Jane Brontë'; Anne Brontë; Poems by Charlotte Brontë; Lines Addressed to 'The Tower of All Nations'; Written upon the Occasion of the Dinner Given to the Literati of the Glasstown; Home-Sickness; from Retrospection; The Wounded Stag; 'Turn not now for comfort here'; 'He could not sleep! -- the couch of war'; The Teacher's Monologue; Diving; Gods of the Old Mythology; Parting; Preference; Morning; Master and Pupil; Reason; 'He saw my heart's woe, discovered my soul's anguish'

On the Death of Emily Jane Brontë on the Death of Anne Brontë; Poems by Emily Jane Brontë; 'High waving heather, 'neath stormy blasts bending'; 'All day I've toiled, but not with pain'; 'I am the only being whose doom'; 'Only some spires of bright green grass'; 'Now trust a heart that trusts in you'; A.G.A. ('Sleep brings no joy to me'); 'I'll come when thou art saddest'; 'I'm happiest when most away'; Song ('King Julius left the south country'); 'And now the house-dog stretched once more'; 'Shed no tears o'er that tomb'; A.A.A. ('Sleep not, dream not; this bright day').

Song ('O between distress and pleasure')'There was a time when my cheek burned'; ' ""Well, some may hate, and some may scorn"" '; 'It is too late to call thee now'; 'Riches I hold in light esteem'; 'Shall Earth no more inspire thee'; 'Aye, there it is! It wakes to-night'; How Clear She Shines!; 'In the earth, the earth, thou shalt be laid'; A.G.A. to A.S. ('This summer wind, with thee and me'); 'Come, walk with me'; To Imagination; 'O thy bright eyes must answer now'; The Philosopher's Conclusion; R. Alcona to J. Brenzaida ('Cold in the earth, and the deep snow piled above thee!').

'Death, that struck when I was most confiding''Ah! why, because the dazzling sun'; 'How beautiful the Earth is still'; from Julian M. and A.G. Rochelle; 'No coward soul is mine'; 'Why ask to know what date, what clime?'; Stanzas ('Often rebuked, yet always back returning'); Poems by Anne Brontë; A Voice from the Dungeon; The North Wind; Verses to a Child; Retirement; Despondency; To Cowper; A Word to the 'Elect'; Past Days; A Reminiscence; A Prayer; Night; Dreams; If This be All; Song ('We know where deepest lies the snow'); Song ('Come to the banquet; triumph in your songs!').

Oh, They Have Robbed Me of the HopeDomestic Peace; Severed and Gone; Farewell to Thee! But Not Farewell; Last Lines; Notes.

Restrictions on Access Note:

NLC staff and students only.