The Edinburgh Companion to the Brontës and the Arts

Regis, Amber K. (ed.)
Wynne, Deborah (ed.)

Explores the relationship between the works of the Brontës and the visual, musical, plastic and performing arts
Presents authoritative critical assessments of the representation of the visual, musical, plastic and performing arts in the work of the Brontës
Discusses a broad range of the Brontës’ own artworks, including recently discovered materials
Includes thoughtful and provocative readings of how the Brontës’ writings have been adapted and transposed across artistic media, including film, television, radio and digital cultures
Explores the vital and sometimes disruptive role played by art in the heritage, tourism and creative industries built upon the Brontës’ lives, images and reputations
The Brontë family produced and consumed art across a range of media and genres. Haworth Parsonage and the local region proved a crucible of inspiration not only for Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne, but also for their parents. Here were fostered the creative ambitions of four of the nineteenth century’s most provocative novelists, poets and visual artists. In turn, the Brontës now sustain heritage, tourism and creative industries that adapt and disseminate their lives and work, their likenesses and words, across the globe: in books, on a plethora of screens (film, TV, computer and phone), in discarnate audio (radio and podcasts) and embodied on stage. The essays collected here offer the first panoramic and sustained examination of the Brontës’ lives, work and legacies in relation to the visual, musical, plastic and performing arts, tracing their influences and transformations across the lives and cultural afterlives of this extraordinary literary family.