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Thursday, March 09, 2006

Thursday, March 09, 2006 12:17 am by Cristina   No comments
It's here! It's finally here! Today, March 9, the paperback edition of The Oxford Companion to the Brontës is released!

If you couldn't afford the hardcover edition at £60, here's your chance, because the paperback edition is just £14.99. Hurry to your bookshop and grab this indispensable volume of Brontë knowledge.

If you're not fully convinced, you will be after reading the table of contents and other details:


Contents:

Preface
Editors and Contributors
Classified Contents List
Abbreviations
Chronology
Maps
Note to the Reader
THE OXFORD COMPANION TO THE BRONTES: A-Z
Dialect and Obsolete Words
Bibliography

Description:


The first time so much information about the Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë has been gathered together in an accessible A-Z volume
Authoritative, accessible, and up-to-date information on all topics related to the Brontës
Suitable both for the research student and the general reader
Contributions from Brontë specialists from around the world
Over 2,000 entries
All the Brontës' writings, including their juvenilia, covered in depth
Wide-ranging articles enable the reader to see the Brontës in their literary and social context, and to trace their enduring influence on the work of other writers
Extensive cross-referencing, a classifed contents, a chronology, and a bibliography facilitate quick reference and encourage further exploration
Carefully selected illustrations complement the text

Authors, editors, and contributors

Christine Alexander, School of English, University of New South Wales, Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and Margaret Smith, Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Research in Arts and Social Sciences, University of Birmingham; editor of many of the Brontës' works, and of the Brontë letters

Contributors:


Carol Bock, Associate Professor of English, University of Minnesota; Dr Sue Lonoff, Senior Associate of the Derek Bok Center, Harvard University; Victor Neufeldt, Professor Emeritus of the Department of English, University of Victoria, British Columbia; Herbert Rosengarten, Professor of English, University of British Columbia; Virginia Rushton, professional singer and voice teacher; Patsy Stoneman, Reader in English, University of Hull; Beverley Taylor, Professor of English, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Most of them very familiar names to Brontë admirers and readers. Click here for further info of this book.

Our copy would be in the mail already if Amazon only gave us the chance! People at Amazon.co.uk: please add that useful yellow button for us!

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