Is Jane Eyre bulimic? (Not really)

Let's open with an alert for those in the New Brunswick, New Jersey, area. The Star Ledger highlights the exhibition Inspired by Literature: Art and Fine Books at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum where

There is a wall filled with Balthus illustrations for Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights," with impossibly noble-looking self-portraits serving for Heathcliff while Antoinette de Watteville, whom the artist later married, stands in for Cathy. (Dan Bischoff)

The exhibition opened last November 21 and runs through July 5. For those wishing to read more about Balthus's illustrations, you can read several of our old posts which might be of interest.

Back to where it all began - that is, good old England - The Telegraph and Argus has a quite amusing piece of trivia regarding the Coronation festivities of 1953 in Keighley:

The “outstanding event” of Keighley’s Coronation festivities in 1953 was a procession of 23 historical tableaux organised by the schools, several of which depicted local scenes like the Brontë family and John Wesley visiting Keighley. (Ian Dewhirst)

A picture of the 'Church of England Junior School tableau' accompanies the article, and we wonder whether there are any pictures of the Brontë sisters tableau.

The sister of the Associate Editor of After Elton makes a good point:

My sister might just be the only person in America who hadn't heard that Albus Dumbledore was gay. When I mentioned over lunch that J.K. Rowling herself had confirmed the Hogwarts headmaster's sexual orientation in interviews, my sis harrumphed and argued that it doesn't really count unless a fact is in the literary work itself. Otherwise, you could simply tag fictional characters with different personality traits anytime you wanted. "Hey, I know! Jane Eyre's bulimic! Or, Hamlet is into auto-asphyxiation!" (Dennis Ayers)

When the book critics of the Rocky Mountain News are asked about their favourite books, one of them, Verna Noel Jones, picks Wuthering Heights among others.

On the blogosphere we are surprised to find a review of Jane Eyre... in haiku! on Haiku in Review. Posts of note are also: 'Realism in Bronte's Jane Eyre' by Emanuela Puosi on Suite101 and 'In which I fail to comprehend the religious ideas in Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice' on Wuthering Expectations.

Categories: Alert, Art-Exhibitions, Haworth, Illustrations, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights