{"product_id":"branwell-a-novel-of-the-bront-brother-paperback","title":"Branwell: A Novel of the Bront Brother - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDouglas A. Martin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDarcey Steike\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers of Michael Cunningham's \u003ci\u003eThe Hours\u003c\/i\u003e and Madeline Miller's \u003ci\u003eSong of Achilles\u003c\/i\u003e, this genre-bending exploration of the tragic figure of Branwell Brontë and the dismal, dazzling landscape that inspired his sisters to greatness is now available in a new edition with an introduction by Darcey Steinke.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBranwell Brontë--brother of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne--has a childhood marked by tragedy and the weight of expectations. After the early deaths of his mother and a beloved older sister, he is kept away from school and tutored at home by his father, a curate, who rests all his ambitions for his children on his only son. Branwell grows up isolated in his family's parsonage on the moors, learning Latin and Greek, being trained in painting, and collaborating on endless stories and poems with his sisters. Yet while his sisters go on to write \u003ci\u003eWuthering Heights\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAgnes Grey\u003c\/i\u003e, Branwell wanders from job to job, growing increasingly dependent on alcohol and opium and failing to become a great poet or artist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith rich, suggestive sentences \"perfectly fitted to this famously imaginative, headstrong family\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eBranwell\u003c\/i\u003e is a portrait of childhood dreams, thwarted desire, the confinements of gender--and an homage to the landscape and milieu that inspired some of the most revolutionary works of English literature.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDouglas A. Martin\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Virginia and raised in Georgia. He earned a BA in English from the University of Georgia, an MFA in creative writing from the New School, and a PhD in English from the CUNY Graduate Center. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMartin is the author of the poetry collections \u003ci\u003eMy Gradual Demise \u0026amp; Honeysuckle\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eServicing the Salamander\u003c\/i\u003e and co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Haiku Year\u003c\/i\u003e--a project that required him to compose a haiku a day. He has also published a collection of short stories, \u003ci\u003eThey Change the Subject\u003c\/i\u003e, and a trilogy of prose pieces, \u003ci\u003eYour Body Figured\u003c\/i\u003e. His novels include \u003ci\u003eOutline of My Lover\u003c\/i\u003e, named an International Book of the Year in \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e and a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award; \u003ci\u003eBranwell: A Novel of the Brontë Brother\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eOnce You Go Back \u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eWolf\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 07, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45750539387077,"sku":"9781593765972","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/zyKim4ChzC9781593765972.webp?v=1770199663","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/branwell-a-novel-of-the-bront-brother-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}