The Visionary and other Poems

Resumen del libro

Emily Bronte's poetry was published under the male pseudonym of Ellis Bell, in order to avoid the prejudice against women writers. This new selection gathers poems from her first collection (a collaboration with her sisters, Charlotte and Anne) with works published after her death, it offers readers an insight into one of the nineteenth century's most important lyrics poets. Bronte's poetry is filled with gothic romance and elemental forces, it is emotionally charged, even turbulent, filled with spiritual bliss and unsublimated desires.

Had she lived longer, her poetry may well have superseded the popularity of her novel, but she was dead at thirty, and we are left with the tantalizing legacy of these exquisitely composed lyrics.

Biografía del autor

Emily Brontë (Thornton, Yorksire, 1818 x{0026} x02013; Haworth, Yorkshire, 1848) fue la segunda de las tres hermanas Brontë, hijas de un pastor protestante, que vivieron aisladas en la casa sacerdotal de Haworth. En 1846 publicó un libro de versos bajo el pseudónimo Ellis Bell y al año siguiente apareció su única novela, Cumbres borrascosas.