Scholar Wuthering

We report a couple of recent scholar Wuthering Heights treatments:

The most recent issue of Romanticism on the Net contains an article about Emily Brontë's novel:

Romanticism on the Net
The Gothic: from Ann Radcliffe to Anne Rice
Issue 44, November 2006

Domesticity and the Female Demon in Charlotte Dacre’s Zofloya and Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights by Jennifer Beauvois (Université de Montréal)

Abstract:
This essay explores the transformations of the female demon in Dacre’s Zofloya and Brontë’s Wuthering Heights in relation to issues of femininity and domestic space. The mutability of the Gothic genre allows for the emergence of a new female demon introduced by Dacre and rewritten by Brontë. Tracing the domestication of Victoria and Catherine reveals the significance of the role of performance in the female demon’s acceptance into this feminized space. Masculinity and sensibility are also examined since the female demon is guided into the domestic sphere by effeminate male characters and then fall prey to their more masculine demon lovers. This essay argues that although the female demon’s newly acquired skill of performance and transformation allows her to explore the realm of the domestic, Dacre and Brontë suggest, by ultimately reverting to traditional Gothic perceptions of femininity, that her domestication is her demise.

We also report this talk that took place last October in the State University of New York (SUNY) at Cartland:

Sandwich Seminar for Wednesday, October 11, at 12:30 PM in the Jacobus Lounge, Brockway:

"WUTHERING HEIGHTS" ON THE PAGE, STAGE AND SCREEN

Emily Bronte’s classic novel will be explored by Dr. Karla Alwes (English Department) then Thomas Hischak (Performing Arts Department) will discuss the form the story has taken in plays, opera, movies and television adaptations.

Categories: Journals, Scholar, Talks, Wuthering Heights