The Brontes

著者

• Barker, Juliet R. V.

書誌事項

The Brontes

Juliet R.V. Barker

Abacus, 2010

Fully rev. and updated [ed.]

注記

"First published in Great Britain in 1994 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson"--T.p. verso

Formerly CIP Uk

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

The story of the tragic Bronte family is familiar to everyone: we all know about the half-mad, repressive father, the drunken, drug-addicted wastrel of a brother, wild romantic Emily, unrequited Anne and 'poor Charlotte'. Or do we? These stereotypes of the popular imagination are precisely that - imaginary - created by amateur biographers from Mrs Gaskell onwards who were primarily novelists, and were attracted by the tale of an apparently doomed family of genius. Juliet Barker's landmark book was the first definitive history of the Brontes. It demolishes myths, yet provides startling new information that is just as compelling - but true. Based on first-hand research among all the Bronte manuscripts, many so tiny they can only be read by magnifying glass, and among contemporary historical documents never before used by Bronte biographers, this book is both scholarly and compulsively readable. THE BRONTES is a revolutionary picture of the world's favourite literary family. 'As a work of scholarship it is briliant . . . For those with a passion for the Brontes, or for Victoriana, or for sheer wealth of historical minutiae, it is a stupendous read' INDPENDENT ON SUNDAY

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB11559133
• ISBN:
  • 9780349122427
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: London
• ページ数/冊数: xx, 1158 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., facsims., maps, ports.
• 大きさ: 20 cm
• 分類:
  • DC22 : 823.809
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Brontë family
  • LCSH : Novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography
  • LCSH : Women novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography