The Lebanese Daily Star reviews the exhibition Creation of The Creator by Leila Kanso in the Al-Mada Gallery in Beirut, Lebanon (until next April 25). It contains a piece entitled Wuthering Heights (in the picture(?), source):Any art exhibition that includes a painting entitled "Wuthering Heights" might be expected to yield a heady sense of emotion and corporeality. Emily Bronte's classic Victorian gothic novel is a tale of fierce passion set among the moors of Yorkshire, one whose exploration of the darker side of humanity retains the ability to shock 161 years after its publication.More artists with Wuthering Heights inspiration. La la La la La talks with Robert Godfrey, narrative painter.
However, the tone of the exhibition at hand - Leila Kanso's "Creation of The Creator" - is not as dark as the title of this particular oil-on-canvas piece would suggest. Nor, indeed, is the subject matter of the painting itself. Just as Bronte's novel offers conflicting aspects of Cathy and Heathcliffe's destructive but loving relationship, Kanso's "Wuthering Heights" reflects powerful emotion with thick, red strokes that contrast with a graceful female form evocative of elegance and sensitivity. (Laura Wilkinson)
The second series I had just concluded was Queer Dreams in respect of Emily Bronte and the ninth chapter of Wuthering Heights.Joanne Harris is interviewed in the Yorkshire Post. Her love for Wuthering Heights (check previous post) is highlighted:
Name your favourite Yorkshire book/author/artistThe International Herald Tribune reviews Socialism is Great! A Worker's Memoir of the New China by Lijia Zhang, where it can read the following:
Wuthering Heights, by Emily Brontë. An astonishing novel on so many levels, and which I think conveys the landscape and atmosphere of the Yorkshire moors better than any other work in fiction.
She also taught herself English by listening to the music of the Carpenters and devouring classic English novels. During interminable political study sessions, she read "Jane Eyre," hiding it behind The People's Daily. (Joseph Kahn)The Bolton News announces some of the local activities related to the celebration of the national year of reading. In June we have a Charlotte Brontë meets S/F event:
LIBRARIES in Bolton are ready to spring into action to celebrate the national year of reading.The South Bend Tribune begins its chronicle of the conference “A Festival of Our Own: Women Writers at Notre Dame University" (next April 15 and 16) with a mention to the Brontës:
People will be encouraged to read every month, with events running from April until December. (...)
June will cover "Reading Escapes", comparing science fiction to the escapism of Jane Austin [sic] or Charlotte Bronte. (Saiga Chaudhary)
Women writers have come a long way since the days when the Brontë sisters used the pseudonyms Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell to publish “Jane Eyre,” “Wuthering Heights” and “Agnes Grey,” respectively. (Jeremy D. Bonfiglio)On the blogosphere some reactions to yesterday's news about Natalie Portman's casting as Cathy in the new Wuthering Heights film project. Some generally positive ones (check this imdb thread or the comments on Comingsoon.net) and some clearly very negative, for instance The Egalitarian Bookworm.
As a result, the story is more passionate, more personal and intimate than it could’ve been if it had been told in third person. The reader isn’t certain that these characters are completely honest with themselves but it doesn’t matter. What matters is that they care so passionately.
In the end, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Oxford World’s Classics)offers a satisfying read, even 160 years later. (M.D. Benoit)
Ready When You Are, C.B. is also thrilled with Anne Brontë's second novel. So much so that after reading the discussion on dovegreyreader, he has decided to organize a giveaway of novels by the sisters (The Tenant, Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights are the chosen ones). The post contains also a nice account of his visit to Haworth.
By the way, Storyteller Inc. has published two parts of a story with the name The Tenant of Wilde Hall.
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