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Friday, August 31, 2007

Friday, August 31, 2007 10:38 pm by M. in , , , , ,    No comments
Any idea of what could be the meaning of Brontë-style landscape? According to the Jewish Chronicle Meg Rosoff's new novel What I Was got it:
And she dares to use a Bronte-style landscape to underline the turbulence of adolescent emotions.
Christopher Bigsby comments in The Guardian on Arthur Miller's recent fall from grace in the opinion of some journalists. A Jane Eyre mention is used to describe him:
Arthur Miller's decision to put his Down's syndrome son in an institution does not invalidate his image as 'the moralist of a generation'. (...)
A number of pieces have appeared in the press which suggest that their decision in some sense invalidated the image of a man (...) who refused to betray his friends to the House UnAmerican Activities Committee, secured the release of imprisoned writers through his work as President of International PEN, fiercely opposed the Vietnam war. The logic of these pieces is that Daniel was like a figure out of Jane Eyre - a guilty secret.
The Internet Archive now holds the audio files of the CBS 1940s radio program Matinée Theatre that includes two Brontë adaptations:
The Matinee Theatre. October 22, 1944.
"Wuthering Heights". Sponsored by: Vicks. The first show of the series, announced as "Dangerously Yours" under a new title so as to "present a greater range of stories." Romance on the moors once again. Victor Jory, Gertrude Warner, Martin Gabel (narrator), Jean Holloway (writer), Richard Sanville (director), Emily Bronte (author), Mark Warnow (music director).

The Matinee Theatre. December 3, 1944.
"Jane Eyre". Sponsored by: Vicks. Rochester and Jane finally find happiness. Gertrude Warner, Martin Gabel, Charlotte Bronte (author), Victor Jory, David Victor (adaptor), Herbert Little Jr. (narrator), Mark Warnow (music director), Richard Sanville (director).
Finally, The Watery Lair of Rusalka Arkadyevna talks about Jane Eyre 1997

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