Patrick Bronte: Father of Genius - Couverture souple

Green, Dudley

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0752454455 ISBN 13 : 9780752454450

Editeur : Nonsuch Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

Patrick Bronte (1777-1861) was the father of the famous Bronte Sisters; Anne, Charlotte and Emily, three of Victorian England's greatest novelists, but he was a fascinating man in his own right and not nearly such an unsympathetic character as Elizabeth Gaskell's Life of Charlotte Bronte would have us believe.

Born into poverty in Ireland, he won a scholarship to St John's College, Cambridge, and was ordained into the Church of England. He was perpetual curate of Haworth in Yorkshire for forty-one years, bringing up four children, founding a school and campaigning for a proper water supply. Although often portrayed as a somewhat forbidding figure, he was an opponent of capital punishment and the Poor Law Amendment Act, a supporter of limited Catholic emancipation and a writer of poetry.

This is the first serious biography of Patrick Bronte for more than forty years.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Patrick Brontë (1777 1861) was the father of the famous Brontë Sisters, Anne, Charlotte and Emily, three of Victorian England s greatest novelists, but he was a fascinating man in his own right and not nearly such an unsympathetic character as Elizabeth Gaskell s Life of Charlotte Brontë would have us believe. Born into poverty in Ireland, he won a scholarship to St John s College, Cambridge, and was ordained into the Church of England. He was perpetual curate of Haworth in Yorkshire for forty-one years, bringing up four children, founding a school and campaigning for a proper water supply. Although often portrayed as a somewhat fobidding figure, he was an opponent of capital punishment and the Poor Law Amendment Act, a supporter of limited Catholic emancipation and a writer of poetry. This is the first serious biography of Patrick Brontë for more than forty years.

Biographie de l'auteur

DUDLEY GREEN is retired schoolmaster and former president of the Brontë Society, by which he is recognised as an expert on Patrick. He edited The Letters of Patrick Brontë, the first such complete collection, for Nonsuch in 2005, and also wrote Because It s There: the Life of George Mallory (Tempus, 2005). He lives in Clitheroe.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Nonsuch Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0752454455
• ISBN 13: 9780752454450
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible