The following guides, companions and encyclopedias are useful sources of information for the non-specialist reader of the Brontës' works, or for those seeking a broad overview of the scholarly work relating to them. They also serve as good introductions into the process of literary research in general.

Cambridge Companion to the Brontës. ed. Heather Glen. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Companion to the Brontës. ed. Christine Alexander and Margaret Smith. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. (not in UNC's collection)

Emily Brontë: Wuthering Heights. ed. Patsy Stoneman. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998.

Emily Brontë: An Overview. ed.

Evans, Barbara and Gareth. Everyman's Companion to the Brontës. London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1982.

Gordon, Felicia. A Preface to the Brontës. London, Longman, 1989.

Knapp, Bettina. The Brontës: Branwell, Anne, Emily, Charlotte. New York: Continuum, 1991.

Paddock, Lisa and Rollyson, Carl. The Brontës: A to Z. New York: Checkmark Books, 2003.

Pinion, F. B. A Brontë Companion: Literary Assessment, Background and Reference. London: MacMillan, 1975.

Sherry, Norman. Charlotte and Emily Brontë. New York: Arco, 1970.

Stevenson, W. H. Emily and Anne Brontë. Profiles in Literature series. London: Routledge, 1968.

Wilks, Brian. The Illustrated Brontës of Haworth: Scenes and Characters from the Lives and Writings of the Brontë Sisters. New York: Facts on File Publications, 1986.

Link to Davis Library's catalog

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