Claire O’Callaghan in Nottingham

An alert in Nottingham for today, October 9:

Emily Brontë, a view from the 21st century, with Claire O’Callaghan
Tuesday, 9th October
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Five Leaves Bookshop
Nottingham, UK

Lecturer Claire O’Callaghan from the University of Loughborough is popping by Five Leaves to give a talk on her new book, which looks at Emily Brontë’s classic Wuthering Heights in light of themes such as feminism, gender and sexuality. Good stuff.

Emily Brontë’s incomparable Wuthering Heights is, for many of us, one of our most cherished novels, with the character of Heathcliff being the ultimate romantic hero. It is a work that has bewitched us for almost 200 years. But Emily herself remains an enigmatic, even mysterious figure, often painted unfairly in a negative light. In this talk Claire O’Callaghan conjures a new image of the great writer by looking at her afresh from the vantage point of the new millennium. It’s a biography with a twist, taking in the themes of her life and work – her feminism, her passion for the natural world – as well as the art she has inspired, and even the “fake news” stories about her. What we discover is that she was, a thoroughly modern woman. And now, in the 21st century, it’s time for the real Emily Brontë to please stand up.
Claire O’Callaghan lectures in English at Loughborough University. Her research focuses on Victorian literature and culture, with an emphasis on gender, sexuality, and queerness.  She is a specialist on the works of the novelist Sarah Waters but her present research is on the lives and works of the Brontës, especially Emily Brontë.

(Via LeftLion)