A new Brontëite on the map! Author Katherine Towler, whose latest novel is Evening Ferry,
openly admits to having been influenced by the Brontës:
Towler cites Willa Cather, Edith Wharton, George Eliot, Charles Dickens and Jane Eyre as some of her biggest influences. She adds that a good writer should be able to take the reader to another dimension.The Brontës sure do that :)
And Julie Myerson from The Guardian
writes briefly about going to the theatre to see
Polly Teale's Jane Eyre:
"Adapted and directed by the wonderful Polly Teale, it brimmed with passion and tenderness. It took me back to my first raw, virginal reading of the novel at 15. I cried before the interval." Julie read her husband's draft screenplay and made some helpful comments: "Hopefully we'll be talking again soon." Categories: Brontëites, Theatre, Jane_Eyre
Her choice of the word "virginal" is interesting.
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ReplyDelete"it brimmed with passion and tenderness."
ReplyDeleteHer use of the word "virginal" follows the above sentence. And the fact that she read it at 15. Furthermore, she uses the word "cries" after the word "virginal", after she had "experienced" the play. One cannot help but make associations in literary terms.
I believe the writer of that article, or people in general, myself included, are rarely aware of such associations between words in their speech when it flows in that instant.
I found that paragraph particularly interesting.
Oh, I see. Thanks for explaining! :)
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