The Fader asks the front woman of indie-pop band Japanese Breakfast Michelle Zauner.about the books she's been reading.
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë & Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
“All three of these gothic novels, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, and Frankenstein, are books that are just totally different than I was led to believe they would be. I don't think a lot of people have read Jane Eyre. First of all, I think Jane Eyre is a far superior novel to Wuthering Heights. I think that Charlotte Brontë's writing is much stronger than Emily Brontë's. But I had a wonderful experience reading Jane Eyre and then was sort of let down by Wuthering Heights.
I don't know if Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre made a profound impact on this record beyond that was what I was reading to try to get me in the headspace of Gothic moors, you know. I am thinking sort of about the violent emotion of Heathcliff and the things that Cathy suffers as a result of that uncontrollable, masculine behavior. Maybe I was influenced by that.
For Jane Eyre, there is a real stoicism to her character. She's a great literary protagonist and I find her to be quite muted and withholding, and yet you're really bound to her and rooting for her, which makes me think of in my mind, my “Honey Water” protagonist who is enduring so much and coping with it, with this type of quiet rebellion.” (Steffanee Wang)
The Art Newspaper sums up the latest episode of podcast
A Brush with... featuring artist Celia Paul.
She also reflects on the compassion in Rembrandt and Vincent van Gogh, the stillness and scale of Agnes Martin, and the elementary power of the novels of the Brontë sisters.
Times Now has an (AI?) article on how different adaptations of
Jane Eyre compare to the novel.
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