Tales of Glass Town, Angria, and Gondal : selected early writings / The Brontës ; edited with an introduction and notes by Christine Alexander.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855.

Brontë, Patrick Branwell, 1817-1848.

Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848.

Brontë, Anne, 1820-1849.

Alexander, Christine (Christine Anne), editor.

Series:

Oxford world's classics.

Oxford world's classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855.

Brontë, Charlotte.

Brontë, Patrick Branwell, 1817-1848.

Brontë, Patrick Branwell.

Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848.

Brontë, Emily.

Brontë, Anne, 1820-1849.

Brontë, Anne.

Brontë family.

Children's writings, English.

English literature--19th century.

English literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (lvi, 620 p. ) map

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this selection of the writings of the young Brontës - Charlotte, Emily, Anne, and Branwell - are presented together for the first time. The fantasy worlds of Glass Town, Angria, and Gondal, experiments in romance and realism, provided a rich source for their later work and offer an insight into their developing creativity.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright Page

Title Page

Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations

Introduction

Note on The Text

Select Bibliography

Chronology

CHARLOTTE BRONTË

The History of the Year

'The origin of the O'Dears'

'The origin of the Islanders'

Two Romantic Tales

The Twelve Adventurers

An Adventure In Ireland

Tales of the Islanders, Volume II

An Interesting Passage in the Lives of Some Eminent Men of the Present Time

Young Men's Magazine, October 1830

Albion and Marina

The Spell, An Extravaganza

'We wove a web in childhood'

The Roe Head Journal

1. 'Well, here I am at Roe Head'

2. 'Now as I have a little bit of time'

3. 'All this day I have been in a dream'

4. 'I'm just going to write because I cannot help it'

5. 'My compliments to the weather'

6. 'About a week since I got a letter from Branwell'

Mina Laury

Caroline Vernon

Farewell to Angria

BRANWELL BRONTË

The Liar Detected

Ode on the Celebration of the Great African Games

The Pirate A Tale

The Politics of Verdopolis

An Angrian Battle Song

Percy's Musings upon the Battle of Edwardston

Mary's Prayer

EMILY BRONTË

1. 'High waving heather 'neath stormy blasts bending'

2. A.G.A.: 'There shines the moon, at noon of night'

3. A.G.A. to A.E.: 'Lord of Elbë, on Elbë hill'

4. 'Alone I sat the summer day'

5. 'The night is darkening round me'

6. 'I'll come when thou art saddest'

7. A.G.A. to A.S.: 'O wander not so far away!'

8. Arthur Ex[ina] To Marcius: 'In dungeons dark I cannot sing'

9. Song by J. Brenzaida to G.S.: 'I knew not't was so dire a crime'

10. F. De Samara to A.G.A.: 'Light up thy halls! 'Tis closing day'

11. 'A little while, a little while'

12. By R. Gleneden: 'From our evening f reside now'

13. A.G.A. To the bluebell-.

14. 'I am the only being whose doom'

15. 'And now the housedog stretched once more'

16. 'Well, some may hate and some may scorn' (Stanzas to-1846)

17. 'If greif for greif can touch thee'

18. 'Riches I hold in light esteem' (The Old Stoic 1846)

19. 'Shall Earth no more inspire thee'

20. Geraldine: ''Twas night, her comrades gathered all'

21. Rosina: 'Weeks of wild delirium past-'

22. 'Yes holy be thy resting place'

23. M G-For the U.S.: ''Twas yesterday at early dawn'

24. E.W. to A.G.A.: 'How few, of all the hearts that loved'

25. 'The linnet in the rocky dells' (Song 1846)

26. To Imagination (To Imagination 1846)

27. From a Dungeon Wall in the Southern College

28. R Alcona to J Brenzaida: 'Cold in the earth and the deep snow piled above thee!' (Remembrance 1846)

29. A.E. and R.C.: 'Heavy hangs the raindrop' (including 'Child of Delight! with sunbright hair')

30. Julian M. and A.G. Rochelle-: 'Silent is the House-all are laid asleep' (1846 part as The Prisoner)

31. 'Why ask to know the date-the clime?'

32. 'Why ask to know what date what clime'

ANNE BRONTË

1. Verses by Lady Geralda

2. Alexander and Zenobia

3. A Voice from the Dungeon

4. The Captive's Dream

5. The North Wind-

6. &amp

7. The Parting-(including 'The lady of Alzerno's hall')

8. Verses to a Child

9. A Fragment (Self-Congratulation 1846)

10. Lines written at Thorp Green (Appeal 1846)

11. The Consolation (The Consolation 1846)

12. Memory (Memory 1846)

13. Lines inscribed on the wall of a dungeon in the southern P of I

14. 'Call Me Away'

15. Song: 'We know where deepest lies the snow'

16. Song-: 'Come to the banquet'

17. Mirth and Mourning

18. 'Weep not too much, my darling'

19. Z______'s Dream

20. 'Gloomily the clouds are sailing'

Appendix A: Diary Papers.

Appendix B: Gondal Notes

Explanatory Notes

Glossary of Main Characters and Places in the Glass Town and Angrian Saga

Glossary of Main Characters and Places in the Gondal Saga

Index of Titles and First Lines.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Related Work:

Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855. Works. Selections.

Brontë, Patrick Branwell, 1817-1848. Works. Selections.

Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848. Works. Selections.

Brontë, Anne, 1820-1849. Works. Selections.

ISBN:

0-19-161350-9

0-19-191984-5

1-282-88087-X

9786612880872

0-19-153987-2

OCLC:

680002183