A Bronte Botany
Flora in the classic novels of the Bronte sisters
Will be published approx. on 15. October 2026
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-917226-49-3 (ISBN)
Description
The celebrated novels of the Brontë sisters are well known for their gothic settings and wild landscapes filled with literary symbolism. Attention to the natural world was part of the Brontë milieu. From the wild heather of the Yorkshire moors to the cultivated roses of manor house gardens, the flora pervading each novel reflects the rebellion, romance and resilience in the Brontës' literary landscapes and lives. In A Brontë Botany, explore the vivid and symbolic world of plants through the pages of classic novels such as Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. This beautifully researched volume uncovers how Charlotte, Emily, and Anne wove the natural world into their storytelling - not just as picturesque scenery, but as living, breathing elements of emotion, character, and fate.
More details
Persons
Amy King is Professor of English at St John's University. She specialises in Victorian literature and has published widely in the field of the nineteenth century novel, including the acclaimed Bloom: The Botanical Vernacular in the English Novel and The Divine in the Commonplace. She is a contributor to The Cambridge Companion to George Eliot and The Oxford Companion to Victorian Literary Culture, and has written essays for journals such as Victorian Studies, NOVEL, Victorian Review, Common Knowledge and BRANCH.