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Tales of Glass Town, Angria, and Gondal
The Brontës
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Description for Tales of Glass Town, Angria, and Gondal
Paperback. In this new edition the writings of the young Brontes - Charlotte, Emily, Anne, and Branwell - are presented together for the first time in a single volume. 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. Editor(s): Alexander, Christine. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 688 pages, 1 map; three MS facsimile pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 32. Weight in Grams: 470.
'We pretended we had each a large island inhabited by people 6 miles high.' In their collaborative early writings the Brontës created and peopled the most extraordinary fantasy worlds, whose geography and history they elaborated in numerous stories, poems, and plays. Together they invented characters based on heroes and writers such as Wellington, Napoleon, Scott, and Byron, whose feuds, alliances, and love affairs weave an intricate web of social and political intrigue in imaginary colonial lands in Africa and the Pacific Ocean. The writings of Glass Town, Angria, and Gondal are youthful experiments in imitation and parody, wild romance ... Read more
'We pretended we had each a large island inhabited by people 6 miles high.' In their collaborative early writings the Brontës created and peopled the most extraordinary fantasy worlds, whose geography and history they elaborated in numerous stories, poems, and plays. Together they invented characters based on heroes and writers such as Wellington, Napoleon, Scott, and Byron, whose feuds, alliances, and love affairs weave an intricate web of social and political intrigue in imaginary colonial lands in Africa and the Pacific Ocean. The writings of Glass Town, Angria, and Gondal are youthful experiments in imitation and parody, wild romance ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Weight
470g
Number of Pages
688
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780192827630
SKU
V9780192827630
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About The Brontës
Christine Alexander is co-author (with Margaret Smith) of The Oxford Companion to the Brontës (2003). Her critical study on The Early Writings of Charlotte Brontë (1983) won the British Academy Rose Mary Crawshay Prize and she has edited a multi-volume Edition of the Early Writings of Charlotte Brontë (1987, 1991, vol. 3 forthcoming).
Reviews for Tales of Glass Town, Angria, and Gondal
In short, no student of the Bronte¤ s and indeed Victorian literature should be without Christine Alexanders edition.
William Baker, Years Work in English Studies
Extraordinary... Christine Alexander's imaginative and meticulous editing makes the juvenilia accessible for the first time.
Samantha Ellis, Times Literary Supplement
A fascinating piece of juvenilia.
Colin Waters, Sunday Herald
... Read more
William Baker, Years Work in English Studies
Extraordinary... Christine Alexander's imaginative and meticulous editing makes the juvenilia accessible for the first time.
Samantha Ellis, Times Literary Supplement
A fascinating piece of juvenilia.
Colin Waters, Sunday Herald
... Read more