Editing Yorkshire (section)

===Literature and art===
[[File:Painting of Brontë sisters.png|upright=0.8|thumb|left|The Brontë sisters]]
Although the first Professor of English Literature at [[Leeds University]], [[F. W. Moorman]], claimed the first extant work of English literature, ''[[Beowulf]]'', was written in Yorkshire,<ref name="moorman">{{cite book |first=F. W. |last=Moorman |chapter=English Place Names and the Teutonic Sagas |editor-first=Oliver |editor-last=Elton |title=English Association Essays and Studies |volume=5 |location=Oxford |publisher=Clarendon |date=1914 |page=75f}}</ref> this view does not have common acceptance today. However, when Yorkshire formed the southern part of the kingdom of [[Northumbria]] there were several notable poets, scholars and ecclesiastics, including [[Alcuin]], [[Cædmon]] and [[Wilfrid]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whitby-yorkshire.co.uk/abbey/abbey.htm|publisher=Whitby-Abbey.co.uk|title=Whitby Abbey|access-date=25 October 2007|archive-date=31 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031093633/http://www.whitby-yorkshire.co.uk/abbey/abbey.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The most esteemed literary family from the county are the three [[Brontë]] sisters, with part of the county around [[Haworth]] being nicknamed [[Brontë Country]] in their honour.<ref name="bronte">{{cite web|url=http://www.brontefamily.org/history.html|publisher=BronteFamily.org|title=Biography of Family|access-date=25 October 2007|archive-date=28 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228225658/http://www.brontefamily.org/history.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Their novels, written in the mid-19th century, caused a sensation when they were first published, yet were subsequently accepted into the canon of great English literature.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.universalteacher.org.uk/lit/history.htm|publisher=UniversalTeacher.org.uk|title=A brief history of English literature|access-date=25 October 2007|archive-date=15 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315154021/http://www.universalteacher.org.uk/lit/history.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Among the most celebrated novels written by the sisters are [[Anne Brontë]]'s ''[[The Tenant of Wildfell Hall]]'', [[Charlotte Brontë]]'s ''[[Jane Eyre]]'' and [[Emily Brontë]]'s ''[[Wuthering Heights]]''.<ref name="bronte" /> ''Wuthering Heights'' was almost a source used to depict life in Yorkshire, illustrating the type of people that reside there in its characters, and emphasising the use of the stormy Yorkshire moors. Nowadays, the parsonage which was their former home is now a museum in their honour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digyorkshire.com/VenueListing.aspx?venue=5646|title=Bronte Parsonage events and listings|publisher=digyorkshire.com|access-date=18 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100228060000/http://www.digyorkshire.com/VenueListing.aspx?venue=5646|archive-date=28 February 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Bram Stoker]] authored ''[[Dracula]]'' while living in [[Whitby]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dracula-in-whitby.com/bram-stoker.html|publisher=Dracula-in-Whitby.com|title=Bram Stoker and Whitby|access-date=25 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071028103605/http://www.dracula-in-whitby.com/bram-stoker.html|archive-date=28 October 2007|url-status=usurped}}</ref> and it includes several elements of local folklore including the beaching of the Russian ship ''Dmitri'', which became the basis of Demeter in the book.<ref name="stoker">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/content/articles/2005/07/21/coast05walks_stagesix.shtml|publisher=BBC|title=Coast: Point 6 – Stoker|access-date=25 October 2007|archive-date=3 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203210204/http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/content/articles/2005/07/21/coast05walks_stagesix.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

The novelist tradition in Yorkshire continued into the 20th and 21st centuries, with authors such as [[J. B. Priestley]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jpriestley.htm|publisher=Spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk|title=J. B. Priestley|access-date=25 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514055015/http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jpriestley.htm|archive-date=14 May 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Alan Bennett]], Stan Barstow, Dame [[Margaret Drabble]], [[Winifred Holtby]] (''[[South Riding (novel)|South Riding]], [[The Crowded Street]]''), [[A. S. Byatt]], [[Joanne Harris]], [[Barbara Taylor Bradford]],<ref name="writers">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/oct/13/books.britishidentity|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|title=The 50 greatest Yorkshire people?|access-date=25 October 2007|location=London|first=Martin|last=Wainwright|date=19 October 2005|archive-date=27 August 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070827200607/http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,6109,1590846,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Marina Lewycka]] and [[Sunjeev Sahota]] being prominent examples. Taylor Bradford is noted for ''[[A Woman of Substance (novel)|A Woman of Substance]]'' which was one of the top-ten best selling novels in history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thebookshow.skyarts.co.uk/authors/5394/barbara_taylorbradford.html|publisher=The Book Show|title=Barbara Taylor-Bradford: The best-selling author on the latest in the Ravenscar saga|access-date=25 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071115075552/http://thebookshow.skyarts.co.uk/authors/5394/barbara_taylorbradford.html|archive-date=15 November 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> Another well-known author was [[children's writer]] [[Arthur Ransome]], who penned the [[Swallows and Amazons series|''Swallows and Amazons'' series]].<ref name="writers" /> [[James Herriot]], the best selling author of over 60 million copies of books about his experiences of some 50 years as a veterinarian in [[Thirsk]], North Yorkshire, the town which he refers to as Darrowby in his books<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hello-yorkshire.co.uk/thirsk/tourist-information|publisher=Hello Yorkshire|title=Thirsk Tourist Information|access-date=8 June 2009|archive-date=28 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091128004603/http://www.hello-yorkshire.co.uk/thirsk/tourist-information|url-status=live}}</ref> (although born in [[Sunderland]]), has been admired for his easy reading style and interesting characters.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE4DF1238F937A15751C0A963958260 | work=The New York Times | title=James Herriot, 78, writer, Dies; Animal Stories Charmed People | date=24 February 1995 | access-date=6 April 2010 | first=Mary B. W. | last=Tabor | archive-date=6 March 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306192128/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/24/obituaries/james-herriot-78-writer-dies-animal-stories-charmed-people.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

Poets include [[Ted Hughes]], [[W. H. Auden]], [[William Empson]], [[Simon Armitage]], [[David Miedzianik]] and [[Andrew Marvell]].<ref name="writers" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/marvell/marvbio.htm|publisher=Luminarium.org|title=The Life of Andrew Marvell (1621–1678)|access-date=25 October 2007|archive-date=4 September 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060904021446/http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/marvell/marvbio.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/marvel05.html|publisher=TheOtherPages.org|title=Poets' Corner – Andrew Marvell – Selected Works IV|access-date=25 October 2007|archive-date=12 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212151201/http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/marvel05.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.simonarmitage.com/biography.html|title=Simon Armitage Biography|access-date=5 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130113034616/http://www.simonarmitage.com/biography.html|archive-date=13 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://freespace.virgin.net/david.mied/|title=The Poetry of David Miedzianik|access-date=7 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061010083520/http://freespace.virgin.net/david.mied/|archive-date=10 October 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Three well known sculptors emerged in the 20th century; contemporaries [[Henry Moore]] and [[Barbara Hepworth]], and Leeds-raised land artist [[Andy Goldsworthy]]. Some of their works are available for public viewing at the [[Yorkshire Sculpture Park]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haworth-village.org.uk/outandabout/yorkshire-sculpture/yorkshire-sculpture-park.asp|publisher=Haworth-Village.org.uk|title=Visiting Yorkshire Sculpture Park – Bretton Hall|access-date=25 October 2007|archive-date=13 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013214316/http://www.haworth-village.org.uk/outandabout/yorkshire-sculpture/yorkshire-sculpture-park.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> There are several [[art gallery|art galleries]] in Yorkshire featuring extensive collections, such as [[Ferens Art Gallery]], [[Leeds Art Gallery]], [[Millennium Galleries]] and [[York Art Gallery]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://my-yorkshire.co.uk/art-galleries/|publisher=My-Yorkshire.co.uk|title=Yorkshire Art Galleries|access-date=25 October 2007|archive-date=16 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716030005/http://my-yorkshire.co.uk/art-galleries/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digyorkshire.com/Venues.aspx?Menu=2465|title=List of art galleries in Yorkshire|publisher=digyorkshire.com|access-date=18 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805172413/http://www.digyorkshire.com/Venues.aspx?Menu=2465|archive-date=5 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.redraggallery.co.uk/counties/Yorkshire-art-galleries.asp|publisher=RedRagGallery.co.uk|title=Yorkshire Art Gallery and Galleries|access-date=25 October 2007|archive-date=12 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012234801/http://www.redraggallery.co.uk/counties/Yorkshire-art-galleries.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> Some of the better known local painters are [[William Etty]] and [[David Hockney]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artchive.com/artchive/H/hockney.html|publisher=Artchive.com|title=David Hockney|access-date=25 October 2007|archive-date=20 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020030026/http://www.artchive.com/artchive/H/hockney.html|url-status=live}}</ref> many works by the latter are housed at [[Salts Mill]] 1853 Gallery in [[Saltaire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitbradford.com/thedms-search.asp?dms=13&campaign=0&feature=1&venue=1580799&easi=true|title=1853 Gallery|work=Visit Bradford|access-date=28 May 2008|archive-date=17 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717221908/http://www.visitbradford.com/thedms-search.asp?dms=13&campaign=0&feature=1&venue=1580799&easi=true|url-status=live}}</ref>