Heathcliff and Catherine's quantum entanglement

Heathcliff and Catherine's love beyond death has finally been scientifically explained. Quantum Physics, and particularly quantum entanglement, is the answer. We read on Scientific American about recent investigations by Dr. Seth Lloyd published in Science (12 September 2008, Vol. 321. no. 5895, pp. 1463 - 1465) and Physical Review Letters (Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 253601 (2008)):

In practice, entanglement is an extremely delicate condition. Background disturbances readily destroy the state—a bane for quantum computing in particular, because calculations are done only as long as the entanglement lasts. But for the first time, quantum physicist Seth Lloyd of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology suggests that memories of entanglement can survive its destruction. He compares the effect to Emily Brontë’s novel Wuthering Heights: “the spectral Catherine communicates with her quantum Heathcliff as a flash of light from beyond the grave.” (Charles Q. Choi)

Playbill publishes an article about London's Lyric Hammersmith's season, which includes Tamasha's Theatre Wuthering Heights:

Tamasha — creators of A Fine Balance, Fourteen Songs, Two Weddings and a Funeral (winner of the Barclays Theatre Award for Best Musical) and the 1996 play East is East — will apply the Bollywood treatment to a new musical version of Wuthering Heights, that will tour nationally in March prior to arriving at the Lyric April 29, with an opening night on April 30. It will then continue at Hammersmith to May 23, before resuming its tour to June 20. Based on the novel by Emily Brontë, the production features original concept and book by Deepak Verma (best known for his role as Sanjay in TV's "EastEnders," and who has previously worked with Tamasha on Ghostdancing). Music is by Shema Mukherjee and Felix Cross. The scorched desert landscape of Rajasthan is the setting for this musical interpretation of Emily Bronte's classic tale of passion, jealousy and revenge. Shakuntala, headstrong daughter of spice merchant Singh, falls for Krishan, a street urchin her father brings home after one of his trips to market. But can their adolescent love withstand India's rigid social hierarchies, not to mention Shakuntala's yearning for a life of luxury? (Mark Shenton)

The Park Rapids Enterprise talks about a local book club:

Books range from the classic “The Good Earth,” by Pearl S. Buck to “The Devil in the White City,” earning a near unanimous five stars from the group. “The Glass Castle” proved a winner last year. And Charlotte Bronte’s “Jane Eyre” earned kudos in 2009, members finding her writing endearing – but challenging. (Jean Ruzicka)

An alert from Ledbury, UK as published on The Malvern Gazette:

The Bronte Sisters 8 week course at Trinity Parish Room, New Street, Ledbury. 1.30pm. £44. 01905 330123 or www.westmidlands.wea.org.uk.

SingleTitles interviews author Anna Campbell:

Who are your favourite authors?
Again, heaps of them! This list isn’t exhaustive – Dorothy Dunnett, Dorothy L. Sayers, Laura Kinsale, Loretta Chase, Madeline Hunter, Annie West, Nicola Cornick, Christine Wells, Connie Brockway, Charlotte Bronte, Jane Austen, Kathleen O’Reilly, Tawny Weber, Anne Stuart, Barbara Samuel.

Yorkshire Soul posts several pictures of the Haworth moors and Top Withins covered with snow. Taunt Vortex describes his not very successful experience reading Wuthering Heights, Spectatia continues posting illustrations from a 1947 Swedish edition of Wuthering Heights.

And finally a dose of Wuthering Heights 2009 reviews (check our own here):

The Raucous Royals:

PBS’ steamy new take on Emily Bronte’s classic Wuthering Heights is sure to give die-hard Bronte fans a bad case of the vapors. Some of the more poetic lines are assigned to different people. Plot lines are twisted. And most threatening of all, characters dramatically veer from the book’s portrayal of them. (Gasp!)
For example, Bronte’s Cathy is a churlish, drama queen with a snobbish comeuppance that makes her undeserving of Heathcliff’s love. In the movie, Charlotte Riley portrays a more sympathetic Cathy who passionately begs for Heathcliff’s forgiveness. She screams, "what have I done," when she realizes that her marriage to the debonair yet dull Edgar was a seriously bad move. She knows she will never be free of Heathcliff's (Tom Hardy) all-consuming hold on her, but she places the blame at her own feet...something Bronte's self-destructive Cathy would never have done. As a result, I couldn't help but like this Cathy more. And although less complex, she seemed far more real to me.
This is a hard book to translate into a movie. Bronte’s portrayal of Cathy and Healthcliff's relationship is a slow build of emotion. The movie goes straight for the jugular.
For example: In the book, the poignancy of Heathcliff and Cathy’s first reunion is implied when Nell the housekeeper notices the peaceful serenity of the Moor’s fog parting to reveal Wuthering Heights in the distance. After not seeing Heathcliff for over 3 years, Cathy brings him into the parlor for tea with her new husband, Edgar. Hardly a morsel of food is touched. The prose is beautiful. The tension is palpable. Most importantly, the reader understands perfectly the emotional significance of their reunion.
But while the symbolic parting of the fog over the Moors and the untouched food may work in a book, in a film….it just doesn’t cut it. Thankfully, the producers of this Wuthering Heights used less fog and more steam. Instead, Healthcliff hungrily devours Cathy and whispers, “when can we be alone.” It sounds cheesy in writing, but Hardy’s uncontrollable ferocity and Riley’s total surrender will have even the most hardened Bronte fan reaching for their smelling salts.
Undeniably, Tom Hardy is hot. I don’t mean just hot as in sexy. I mean he boils over with hatred. While some people may prefer their Heathcliff watered down with a dash of Lawrence Olivier’s Victorian propriety or Ralph Fiennes soulful tenderness, I will take my tea and crumpets with the brooding savage any day. Hardy by far does the best job yet capturing the powerful brutality of Heathcliff’s personality. It’s one of the reasons why I originally fell in love with Wuthering Heights. It’s not just that it is a disturbingly, raw tale. It’s a disturbingly raw tale that anyone can relate to. For who hasn’t been in a relationship that was destructive to their soul? Hardy’s performance packs such a fierce emotional wallop that it is sometimes painful to watch. If only I could occasionally reach into my television and slap him (or at least brush his hair) then it wouldn’t make me ache so much. Instead, I have to sit back and watch him muck up everyone’s life in the name of revenge. And that is just part one…

Sunshine on My Shoulders. My life and times:

I love this book. I carried a copy of it around with me in high school and just picked it up and read it at random times. I wasn't a dark, gothic, melancholy sort of kid, but this story with its intense language has always touched that that bit of me. I love movie versions of it, including the latest one on Masterpiece (I know it's not the best ever, but I'm easy to please-I love seeing the characters come to life and the settings, plus this is one was filmed in Yorkshire).

mariannevans on c19 board:

I enjoyed Part 1 immensely. The pairing of TH and Charlotte Riley was good. I have been waiting for years for a somewhat steamy couple where you could feel the sexual attraction and passion. That has been achieved in this adaptation. The time line in many ways was an improvement. It mellowed the darkness of the novel. I was especially taken back by the marked change in character from brooding Heathcliff to one where you could see revenge twinkling in his eyes when he returned to the Heights. TH gave Heathcliff much depth in this regard.

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