The nose of a Brontë angel

Tablet Magazine talks about nasology (!) and of course mentions phrenology:

Among the pseudo-sciences that emerged over the centuries, phrenology was one of the most successful, with supporters including Charlotte and Anne Brontë, Walt Whitman, and Edgar Allen Poe. (Eddy Portnoy)

The San Jose Mercury News presents the San Francisco Symphony concert for this weekend which includes Stravinksy's Ode (check previous posts):

Stravinsky's "Ode," which began the program, takes a razor to such opulence. Yet this "elegiacal chant" for orchestra in three parts — from his neo-classical oeuvre — similarly echoes a Grecian model with its Eulogy, Eclogue and Epitaph, as its movements are titled. Veins of mournful lyricism give way to reduced textures and a haunted glow.
Best was "Eclogue," originally composed as a hunting scene for the film "Jane Eyre," then abandoned and finally recycled into "Ode," where the hunt comes to a sudden end, as if it had vanished around the corner of a trail. (Richard Scheinin)

Gina Bernal talks about recent literary mashups in the Wall Street Journal:

“Sometimes I’m on the fence about how long this could possibly go on, but then it seems to really just keep taking on new life,” says Sherri Browning Erwin, author of the new “Jane Slayre.” Erwin, a multi-published romance author, approached the idea of a Charlotte Bronte mash-up when her teen daughter was assigned “Jane Eyre” in school. “I thought about what could make this kind of book more exciting for kids her age and so I said ‘what if it had vampires?’ and ‘Jane Slayre’ just clicked with me. The Reeds really are nasty little children…and the woman in the attic, there’s lots of room to play with that.”

Robert Gottlieb writes in The New York Review of Books about Charles Dickens's biographies and begins his article thus:

There are a few writers whose lives and personalities are so large, so fascinating, that there’s no such thing as a boring biography of them—you can read every new one that comes along, good or bad, and be caught up in the story all over again. I’ve never encountered a life of the Brontës, of Dr. Johnson, of Byron that didn’t grip me.

The Washington Post reviews Slow Love. How I Lost My Job, Put on My Pajamas, and Found Happiness by Dominique Browning:

The man in Browning's life is steadfastly devoted to the woman he is still living with, as a surreal conversation after 9/11 reveals. In fact, he's had three wives, which he lies stoutly about. But he's Heathcliff to Browning! (Carolyn See)

The Newton Daily News Tribune lists items to be sold in the Great North Yard Sale including

Or a tape deck or a microfiche projector. Or records of Arthur Fiedler and Aerosmith and a reading of "Jane Eyre." (Dan Atkinson)

ABC Western Union remarks on the use of Shirley as a girl's name since Charlotte Brontë's novel:

The name Shirley, it seems, used to be a male name until Charlotte Brontë wrote the novel, Shirley in 1849. The girl in the story came to be called Shirley because that's the name her father had chosen for a boy. (Rebecca McLaren)

DVD Talk reviews the new Remastered Edition of Pride and Prejudice 1995 and compares it to Jane Eyre 1983:

What more can really be said of Simon Langton's beloved and acclaimed 1995 adaptation of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice?" The closest counterpart to it I can think of is the 1983 BBC production of Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre." Both miniseries' are five hours in length, much longer than the standard television or (obviously) film adaptation. However, while the latter was highly enjoyable, it did suffer from pacing issues and stilted acting from supporting players. "Pride and Prejudice" is amazingly perfect in all of its 330-minute glory. (Nick Hartel)

Read Keighley News if you want to know what is behind an article that begins,

American paratroopers formed the guard of honour as a GI married his Brontë angel.

The Literary Soundtrack posts about Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights, The Video Vacuum discusses Jane Eyre 1970, The Book on the Hill recommends Jude Morgan's The Taste of Sorrow, Welsh Icons reports a visit to Haworth by the A Level English students from City of Newport Campus. And last, but not least, among the always interesting posts of Les Brontës à Paris we point out this review of Jane Eyre 1996 or this one about Branwell Brontë.

Categories: Books, Jane Eyre, Movies-DVD-TV, Music, References, Shirley, Wuthering Heights