A few Brontëites

The Brontës seem to have taken holidays from the net today. There are several mentions around, though.

A new theatre play premiered in Purchase, NY about Joseph Cornell's works seems to activate the Brontë reference on the New York News reviewer:

Around 1918, the family moved to Queens, where Cornell would spend the rest of his life caring for his mother and brother Robert, who had cerebral palsy. He died there of heart failure on Dec. 29, 1972.

Even this brief sketch of his life sounds more like the model for some of the world's greatest reclusive women writers - the Emilys, Brontë and Dickinson, come to mind - than the Picasso-like, Hemingwayesque men of the world. But not every artist needs to journey far and wide to have a full life. (Georgette Gouveia)

The Scotsman devotes an article to probably the best known of Iraqi bloggers, Riverbend. A true Brontëite:

THE Brontës turned her on to writing. Chaos in Iraq was her subject. But now Iraq's best-known blogger is leaving her beloved land for an uncertain future in an unknown country. (...)
More than anyone, though, it was the Brontë sisters who inspired her. It is easy to see why: like her, they had passion, even if they wrote about romantic love while she wrote about sectarian carnage and political folly. Riverbend brought international attention to Iraqi blogging. Her cyber diary has been edited into an award-winning book. A New York theatre company adapted her blog into a play that was performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. (Michael Theodoulouo)

Another Brontëite is writer Laura Bowers. This interview on Bildungsroman confirms it:

What are your ten favorite books?

This list always changes! For now, I'm going with:

JANE EYRE, Charlotte Bronte

And finally some reviews. Books-Reading reviews both Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights. Mia's Book List also reviews Wuthering Heights.

Categories: Brontëites, Jane Eyre, Reference, Wuthering Heights