We are smart enough to have the Brontës on our favourites list

Several news sites, such as Culture 24, repost the news of the Brontës' first graphological examination by Diane Simpson in conjunction with Victor Buta's current exhibition of handwriting-inspired paintings at the Brontë Parsonage Museum. (ABC by Victor Buta, Picture source)

The Washington Square News publishes an article on Stephenie Meyer's Twilight saga. Fortunately for us, this one appreciates the fact that the Brontës are not mere 'sophisticated girl-porn writers'.

But back to the story — what is it that attracts Edward to Bella? Yeah, okay, she smells like a combo plate dinner at Arby’s, and he hasn’t eaten in a while, but what else? She is smart enough to have such authors as Austen and Brontë on her favorites list but not smart enough to avoid dark alleys in unfamiliar neighborhoods or be worried when someone tells her they have been sneaking into her room at night to watch her sleep. (Kadeen Griffiths)

Slate reviews Elaine Showalter's new book A Jury of Her Peers with no further mention to the Brontës apart from that in the title of her 1977 book A Literature of Their Own: British Women Novelists From Brontë to Lessing.

Turner Classic Movies is 15 years old and, according to Multichannel News, Wuthering Heights 1939 will be joining in the celebrations in July:

Other specials include [...] a July showcase featuring 1939 classics like The Wizard of Oz and Wuthering Heights. (Thomas Umstead)

A couple of blogs: Bookstove reviews Jane Eyre, the novel, and Never Neverland writes in Turkish about the 2006 series.

Categories: Books, Brontë Parsonage Museum, Jane Eyre, Movies-DVD-TV, Wuthering Heights