Whether you’re an A Level student or an undergraduate, York Notes Advanced provide everything you need to know about the poetry of the Bronte family, from mythic narratives to ballads and odes. Inside, you’ll find detailed analysis of a range of poems, along with extended commentaries on Anne’s ‘Memory’ and Emily’s ‘The Prisoner’ among others and analysis of key themes such as ‘Nature’ and ‘Imagination’. With in-depth notes on language, style and structure, and overviews of key critical responses and relevant contexts, York Notes Advanced will enable you to reach a sophisticated understanding of the poems, and to develop your own ideas and analysis.

Summaries with detailed commentaries
Extended textual analysis of key passages
Discussion of key themes and literary techniques
Modern and historical critical approaches
Chronology and further reading
Glossary of literary terms