The complete poems of Emily Jane Brontë

This collection, first issued in 1941, gathers the poems of Emily Brontë in one volume. It draws on the poems she published in 1846 and on the many manuscript poems found after her death, including verses linked to the imaginary kingdom of Gondal that she and Anne invented. The poems are often short, direct and intense. They return to moorland weather, solitude, imprisonment and escape, death, and the freedom of the spirit. Reading them together shows the range of her voice and gives context to the dark passion of Wuthering Heights. It is the fullest way to meet her as a poet.