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Friday, February 12, 2010

Friday, February 12, 2010 12:03 am by M. in , ,    No comments
Two books with little chances of Brontë connections a priori, but more Brontë-related as it seemed:
Las sombras del horror.
Edgar Allan Poe en el cine

Editor: Antonio José Navarro
Colección: Intempestivas / INT-022
año: 2009
ISBN: 97884-7702-654-9
It includes the essay "De Poe a Buñuel: la amada en la cripta” by Pilar Pedraza, where the author links Poe's stories with Buñuel's version of Wuthering Heights.

A review can be read on Fantasymundo:
En especial, y lo digo con gran sentimiento, me ha decepcionado un tanto el trabajo de Pilar Pedraza que, tomando como referencia su trabajo anterior ("Espectra: descenso a las criptas de la literatura y el cine", Valdemar, 2004), ha realizado un breve estudio (23 páginas con ilustraciones) sobre la ruta que conduce desde Poe y su tema de las “revenantes” (las que regresan) hasta Buñuel y su versión de "Cumbres borrascosas", la novela hiper-romántica de Emily Brönte. Aunque se añaden algunos otros ingredientes (el paso de Buñuel por una adaptación francesa de “El hundimiento de la casa Usher” de Poe, la presencia de muertas redivivas en otras películas del aragonés y el tratamiento del hijo de Buñuel del tema) las páginas, sin dejar de ser interesantes pues trazan una línea de influencia que hasta ahora no se había apreciado, son un poco excesivas para tan poca carnaza. No sé, quizás es que esperaba algo magistral de tan insigne escritora y no la anécdota interesante pero algo alargada que nos proporciona. Como decía antes, quizás la adecuación al volumen de páginas ha sido decisiva en este caso. (Google translation)
A New Dawn
Your Favorite Authors on Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Series: Completely Unauthorized
Ben Bella Books
Edited by Ellen Hopkins
Publication Date: October 2009
ISBN-13: 9781933771526
ISBN-10: 1933771933

Fans of the literary phenomenon known as the Twilight series can’t help wanting more. A New Dawn gives it to them, inviting readers to join some of their favorite YA authors as they look at the series with fresh eyes and fall in love with Edward, Bella and the rest of Forks, Wash., all over again.
Edited by bestselling author Ellen Hopkins, A New Dawn is packed with the same debates readers engage in with friends: Should Bella have chosen Edward or Jacob? How much control do Meyer’s vampires and werewolves really have over their own lives? The collection also goes further: Is Edward a romantic or a (really hot) sociopath? How do the Quileute werewolves compare to other Native American wolf myths? What does the Twilight series have in common with Shakespeare? With contributions from Megan McCafferty, Cassandra Clare, Rachel Caine and many more, A New Dawn answers these questions and more for a teen (and adult!) audience hungry for clever, view-changing commentary on their favorite series.
It contains the story “Edward, Heathcliff, and Our Other Secret Boyfriends” by Robin Brande.
Author Robin Brande compares Edward to other favorite romantic heroes: Heathcliff (“a.k.a. Scary Psycho Man”), Romeo (“a.k.a. Mr. Puffy Shirt”), and Mr. Darcy (“a.k.a. Mr. [Too] Perfect”). Edward, unsurprisingly, comes out ahead.
An extract can be read here.

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