Maybe we will have to open a new category named Bronteisms, with all the mentions of Brontë mythology or literature used as a cliché or even a catchphrase. We have found three in the recent news:
This New York Times review of the short film The Triumph of Night of John Brattin begins just like this:
Mr. Brattin's short film is like a basement-tapes version of "Wuthering Heights." Written and directed by Mr. Brattin, its title lifted from a ghost story by Edith Wharton, it delivers a Hollywood-ready Victorian plot in an ingeniously homespun package.A Blogcritics review of the DVD edition of
Other voices, other rooms even coins this new adjective: Brontësque
There's something about certain depictions of the American South of the 1920s and 30s that reminds me of 19th century gothic/romance novels. I don't know if Brontesque is a word; as in reminding one of Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre, but the air of mystery and gloom that seems to surround old decrepit plantations certainly can give the moors a run for their money.And if you want to know the context of this phrase
"Is that WAP?" Reply: "No, Wuthering Heights", just check this
Brontëana post.
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