The Brontës and their background

This weekend is full of Brontë-related events. Not only the Radical Brontës festival is still going-on, not only the new Jane Eyre will be aired by the BBC... the Brontë Society also celebrates its 2006 Brontë Society Weekend Conference.

The whole programme of events and conferences can be found here. These are the list of speakers and the lecture titles:

Friday 22 September to Sunday 24 September
The Baptist Centre, West Lane, Haworth

The Brontës and their Background
Speakers and provisional lecture titles

• Stephen Whitehead The Haworth the Brontës knew
• Bob Duckett Where did the Brontës get their books?
• Ian Dewhirst The real Haworth, Myths and Anecdotes
  
• Ian Emberson John Milton's influence on Charlotte

• Yukari Oda ‘Wuthering Heights’ and the Waverley novels: Scott’s influence on Emily
• Elizabeth Leaver Why the Brontës wrote as they did
• Tom Winnifrith The Brontës and their foreground: Religion and the Brontës
• Brian Wilkes Charlotte Brontë and the Two Churches
  

Plus, an afternoon visit to Thornton and the Shirley country or a guided walk around
historic Haworth.

Categories: Brontë_Society, Talks, Scholar