Muhammad Dirgantara Esa Valentino AmThe Explicator, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1080/00144940.2025.2465746The Old Stoic; the concluding poem by Emily Bronte (Ellis Bell) in Poems, has been widely read as a portrait of the consummate attainment of the Stoic virtues. Dodds (9), for example, in 1923 contended that the poem is an unequivocal expression of the stoical mood. O'Neill, meanwhile, in 2012 asserted that in the poem Bronte "attempts and succeeds in sustaining a rhet-oric of dauntless courage" (371). Tonussi similarly declared in 2021 that the poem "is a real `cri de coeur for liberty'" (281). "'Courage" and "liberty; need-less to say, are keywords within the ethical framework of Stoicism.' Nevertheless, ahhough the poem makes use of such frameworks, and although it is com-monly asserted that the poet's "verse, like her life, was strongly tinged with Stoicism" (Maison 231), the poem is by no means the perfect embodiment of the Stoic ethics as have been often thought throughout the years. I contend that reading "The Old Stoic" the way philosophical readings usually do dilutes its complexity, petrifies its dynamism, and in effect, turns it into a less accom-plished and moving work of poetry? Instead, I propose that this poem—whose placement in Poems signals significance—be read as a poetic drama in minia-ture. Moreover, I demonstrate that by paying proper attention to not only its more "prosaic" features but also to its poetic devices, the speaker's progression from a simple and static declaration of the Stoic faith to a more complex and dynamic position becomes apparent. Aside from its placement at the end of Brontë's works of visionary quest in Poems, misrepresentation of the "The Old Stoic" might stem from its descrip-tive tide and first stanza. With bravado, the lyric speaker dedares that she has successfully abjured three worldly attachments, i.e., riches, love, and fame? This might give the impression that she has attained the Stoics' cardinal virtues of justice (in not esteeming riches), temperance (in laughing at passion), and wis-dom (in her vanishing dream of fame). This impression is pushed further by the change of tenses from the present (hold and laugh) to the past (was): this temporal contrast relegates the speaker's struggle to the past and foregrounds her present accomplishment. This sense of ethical accomplishment is likewise
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March 2025This book explores the relationship between Anne Brontë’s work and the life and writings of Lord Byron. Byron’s influence on the other Brontë siblings is well-documented but absent in Anne’s history. Building on recent discourses of rich intertextuality in Anne’s work, Jessica Lewis reveals her relationship with the poet as significantly different from that of her siblings. Instead of trying to emulate Byron or derive inspiration from the concept of ‘mix’d essences’ or elemental affinity, Anne’s relationship with him is grounded in their shared Calvinistic upbringing and a rejection of its stringent principles, which propels both writers to positions of contemporary religious controversy. This volume reappraises Anne Brontë and her work in light of significant Byronic influence, and provides new readings of her novels and poetry.
“Good Girl” is a bildungsroman, a novel about personal development or, if you like, growing up. It shares unexpected and gratifying parallels with various classics of the genre, including Goethe’s “Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship,” about a young man who falls in with a troupe of circus performers, and Charlotte Brontë’s “Jane Eyre.” Like these novels, Aber’s book is episodic and capacious, brimming with secondary characters who each contribute, in their small way, to the main character’s evolution. And, like them, it is about an outsider who wants in. The hero of a bildungsroman often begins as an outcast of some kind, a condition that is romanticized even as it must be overcome. Pip (of “Great Expectations”) will become a gentleman and Harry Potter a wizard; like Jane, they will leave their coarse or unsympathetic families behind to gain acceptance among a better class of people. Huck Finn and Holden Caulfield’s antisocial tendencies will find positive expression in a tenderness for those whom polite society brutalizes or neglects. The arc of the bildungsroman bends toward adaptation, if not always assimilation, as the protagonist’s rough edges are smoothed by experience and she acquires an instinct for who can and cannot be trusted, who should and should not be loved. (Anahid Nersessian)
“The University of Chicago has hidden treasures, in secret kept, in silence sealed.” So (almost) wrote Charlotte Brontë in Jane Eyre.
When you take a deep, dark dive into a domestic thriller, there, in those murky waters, you just might see a fragment of yourself staring back. It’s that stark moment of reflection, laying bare the truth that hides beneath our carefully crafted facades. Rooted in the gothic thrillers of the past, such as Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights and Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, the psychological thriller has evolved to peel back the layers of domestic life and reveal the darkness within. [...]Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë“Jane Eyre,” can be seen as an early form of domestic noir. There’s a creeping sense of threat, a slow-boil crisis that’ll make your skin crawl. Plenty of thriller writers, me included, have been taking notes from twisted Gothic tales like this – that serve up domestic life with a side of terror and desire.
Wuthering HeightsRelease date: February 14, 2026We've witnessed Emerald Fennell, Margot Robbie, and Jacob Elordi make magic with Saltburn, and now the trio are back at it again, this time with the film adaptation of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights. Elordi and Robbie will bring Heathcliff and Cathy to life, with Robbie's production company, LuckyChap, also signed on to produce the film. Set on the isolated Yorkshire moors, the story of the intense and tragic relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine has captivated readers for generations. Fennell's adaptation promises to bring fresh intensity to the story, with her signature stunning visuals and a expert eye for the dark, passionate emotions that define the novel. (Kirsty Thatcher)
Asst. Prof. Khalid J. Oudah Alogaili, Dept. of English Language, College of Arts, University of Kufa, IraqKufa Journal of Arts, March 2025. No. 63, P 332 - 349This paper explores the inner behavior and social psychological transformation of Charlotte and Anne Brontë's heroines, situating them within the broader context of nineteenth-century British society and the global cultural framework. While much of the existing scholarship focuses on the immediate Victorian setting and the internal struggles of Brontës’ characters, this study addresses a significant gap in the literature by connecting these narratives to more social and global themes. Through an in-depth qualitative analysis of Brontës’ major works, such as Villette, Jane Eyre and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, this paper investigates how the experiences of Brontës’ heroines—characterized by their defiance of social norms and struggles for self-autonomy are shaped by the larger cultural forces of the time. Employing an interdisciplinary approach that combines literary criticism, social history, and cultural studies, the study shows how Brontës’ works are still relevant today and also it enhances our knowledge of their works. The study argues that despite having strong historical roots, Brontës’ heroines provide insightful perspectives on global human experience that go beyond historical context to address contemporary issues.
I was a teenager when I first came across Merle Oberon as Cathy in William Wyler’s Wuthering Heights (1939), the film for which she is arguably most remembered today. It was around 2009 or so, and I was a senior in high school in suburban New Jersey. By that point, she had been dead for three decades, but I felt bound to her by city and skin.
“The fact there was a book at this time of such depth where she’s exploring emotions and morality and all these different quirks of Victorian society is really meaningful,” Warren said.“Even though there should be that divide between them because of economics and social status, the two of them fall in love throughout the novel,” Warren explained. “And what’s so important is that they see each other for who they really are. They cut through the noise of Victorian society.”While many of us may have had to read this novel in school, Warren said it’s a great pick for romance fans and those who love to be transported back into a different time period. Jane Eyre is not historical fiction but is a novel of its time, giving readers insight into the ins and outs of Victorian society. (Cassidy Lee)
2.-Cumbres borrascosas de Emily Bronte (1847)Una de las protagonistas de esta historia, Catherine Earnshaw, es una mujer con un carácter egoísta, la cual tiende fácilmente al capricho.Earnshaw está enamorada de Heathcliff, un hombre sin fortuna que llegó a su hogar, Cumbres borrascosas, desde que era un niño. A pesar de que su afecto es correspondido, ella prefiere casarse con Edgar Linton, un joven de su misma posición social.Heathcliff, herido por las acciones de Earnshaw, se va de la finca a buscar suerte en otros lados y cuando regresa es un hombre enriquecido por medios desconocidos. El hombre comienza a torturar a su antiguo amor, hasta hacerla estallar de celos y resentimiento, conduciéndola hasta el límite. (Itzia Rangole) (Translation)
Wed 5 Mar, 7:30pmJoin our three literary houses in an evening to celebrate women writers who broke boundaries as we mark International Women’s Day.Step into the worlds of novelists Anne Brontë and Elizabeth Gaskell, and their feminist predecessors Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Robinson and Mary Hayes. Celebrate how these five writers shook the world and broke the contemporary social constraints on women.Speakers:Dr Diane Duffy, Chair of the Gaskell SocietyDr Kim Simpson, Deputy Director at Chawton HouseAngela Clare, Programme Officer at the Brontë Parsonage MuseumMary, Mary, Quite ContraryLong remembered only for her relationship with the Prince of Wales, Mary Robinson has been reclaimed as one of the most important late-18th-century writers. In 1799, Robinson published her boundary-breaking feminist pamphlet, A Letter to the Women of England. In it, she argues passionately for better educational opportunities for women, and honours her recently-deceased friend, the feminist trailblazer Mary Wollstonecraft, calling for a ‘legion of Wollstonecrafts’. She also intervenes in literary history, powerfully asserting the genius of Britain’s women writers – her predecessors and contemporaries.Anne BrontëThe famous Brontë sisters’ novels were noted for their directness and emotional power - 19th-century critics called them 'coarse' and 'brutal'. Gripping plots, enduring characters, and passionate prose ensured the Brontës’ work would stand the test of time - but what of Anne Brontë, the lesser-known of the three? In The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Anne Brontë broke boundaries as she bravely addressed a dark underside to the privileged society of the time and explored women's agency within it.Elizabeth GaskellAs the respectable wife of a Unitarian minister, Elizabeth Gaskell may be an unlikely place to look for a woman breaking boundaries. Yet novels like North and South and Mary Barton show her willingness to take on supposedly masculine issues such as industrial relations and working-class politics. Her controversial novel Ruth, about an unmarried mother, saw her heavily criticised for writing about sex. Previously dismissed as the author of ‘domestic’ novels, Elizabeth was a pioneer taking on the big issues of the day.Join us online for revealing, intriguing and intimate portraits of five female icons, who continue to inspire and enthuse women around the world today.
She was raised in Colne, a small market town in Lancashire. Colne itself is little known, but it’s a short walk from the manor that inspired the setting of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, a town over from where John Simm and Lee Ingleby took their first drama course, and one of many sites once on watch for witchcraft during the Pendle witch trials. It also happens to house the largest paving slab on record. (Megan Hullander)
Plans to expand a sandstone quarry in Bradford's Brontë country have been blocked by a Government inspector for a second time after a land swap offer was rejected. (Aisha Iqbal)
Nick HollandThe History PressISBN: 9781803999067February 2025Emily Jane Brontë was born in July 1818; along with her sisters Charlotte and Anne, she is famed as a member of the greatest literary family of all time, and helped turn Haworth into a place of literary pilgrimage. Whilst Emily Brontë wrote only one novel, the mysterious and universally acclaimed Wuthering Heights, she is widely acknowledged as the best poet of the Brontë sisters – indeed as one of the greatest female poets of all time. Her poems offer insights to her relationships with her family, religion, nature, the world of work, and the shadowy and visionary powers that increasingly dominated her life.Taking twenty of her most revealing poems, Nick Holland creates a unifying impression of Emily Brontë, revealing how this terribly shy young woman could create such wild and powerful writing, and why she turned her back on the outside world for one that existed only in her own mind.
Brontë's MoorsThe Yorkshire Moors, a character in their own right in Emily Brontë's 'Wuthering Heights,' are as hauntingly beautiful in reality as they are in the novel. Visitors to Haworth, the Brontë family home, can roam these wild, windswept landscapes, imagining Heathcliff and Catherine's tumultuous romance.
by Sedighesadat Meghdari, Shirin SaghiJournal of Linguistics and Khorasan Dialects, In Press (Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 22 February 2025)Today,the importance and necessity of translation in improving the intellectual, cultural, scientific, and social lives of humans is no secret to anyone.ُ So in this research, we aimed to quantitatively and qualitatively analyze the translation of grammatical metaphors in two translations of the novel "Wuthering Heights" as one of the most notestanding and widely studied novels in alarge number of languages written by Emily Brontë and two translations of it by Reza Rezaei and Noushin Ebrahimi. Halliday and Matthiesen's Functional- Systematic grammar (2004) was as the research theoretical framework. Grammatical metaphor use was studied in the text of the original novel and its two translations. The obtained results show that in the translations of Ebrahimi and Rezaei, less grammatical metaphor is used than the original text of the novel. The comparison of translations also shows that more grammatical metaphors are used in Ebrahimi's translation than in Reza'i's translation.
Kirklees Council said the demolition of Reverend Patrick Brontë’s former home was “unavoidable.”The council has approved an application for the partial demolition and rebuilding of the former home of the Brontë sisters’ father in Liversedge.The site – located at Thornbush Farm on Miry Lane, Hightown – is in “a derelict state following years of neglect and vandalism” and comprises a single storey agricultural building and two small derelict curtilage listed buildings.The application – submitted by Jan Capital Ltd in May 2024 – proposes a partial demolition and rebuilding of the derelict listed cottages to form two dwellings, and the construction of a two-storey extension on the footprint of the south wing – which was demolished in 2006. It also proposes building a single storey lean-to on the northern gable and converting an outbuilding to be used for storage. (...)A separate application for listed building consent was submitted at the same time.In the same document, the council said: “The almost complete demolition of the listed building leads to substantial harm to this designated heritage asset.“It has been demonstrated that the building is at the point of collapse and is beyond reasonable and viable in-situ repair and therefore it is accepted that the demolition is now unavoidable.“The application proposes to rebuild it to replicate its historic form and architectural detailing, with the use of reclaimed materials from the demolition where possible and the reinstatement of the previously demolished wing.“The submitted justification for demolition is, on balance, reluctantly accepted by KC C&D, with the proposed rebuilding of the cottages going some way towards mitigating the substantial harm.“Once rebuilt, the cottages will be brought back into use with the reconstruction providing some legibility of the historic form and vernacular architecture.” (Catherine Gannon)
User commentsType of comment: An objectionDo you wish your comments to be published on the website anonymously? YesThe original application was for a 'Bronte Centre' due to the links to the Bronte family. However over the last 18 months the company applying for permission have allowed the grade 2 listed building to fall into disrepair. The building was left unprotected & local children have been allowed to demolish the building & set fires. We personally have had to telephone the police & fire brigade to try & protect the building. A security company was employed to protect the building & scaffolding erected & we have even contacted them to advise that the security fencing had been breached. One Sunday the scaffolding company came & removed the roof covering protecting the building & part of the scaffolding. This again was reported to the police as we thought someone was stealing the scaffolding & metal sheets of roof covering. It is my opinion that there was never any intention to build a Bronte Centre & that the applicants have purposely left the building to deteriorate to the extent that it needed demolishing & then would render the application to be amended to be used for living accommodation.
Jean Marc Ah-Sen: What fictional character would you like to be friends with?S.C.: Jane Eyre. I read the Victorian novel in my late teens, first in Chinese and then in English, and was so struck by her strong-mindedness and stubborn individualism. I’d walk around repeating her words in my head, rehearsing to become my own woman. I loved that she was plain-looking, unlike conventional heroines, and that she fended off life’s cruelty with intelligence and integrity. Even as a naïve adolescent, I thought that powerful speech she gave in response to Rochester’s proposal was the sexiest bundle of words a woman could pass on to her lover.
Jane Eyre is also the favourite book by Renee Lai, artist and contributor to Glasstire.
With Wuthering Heights, her startling, singular voice – which people either loved or loathed; there was no indifference – threw her into the spotlight and under the gaze of a whole nation. Within days of its release, everyone in Britain was aware of Kate Bush – or at least ‘that voice’, and its startling, wailing delivery of the name ‘Heathcliff’. Kate was on her way. (Harry Doherty)
Sharing a name with the book that it briefly relays the story of, Wuthering Heights is an ample, yet rudimentary, example of many of Bush’s stylism and conventions that can be found throughout her work- mainly the immense theatrical sense. (Jude Marsh)
Her work as the tragic heroine Cathy Earnshaw in William Wyler’s Wuthering Heights, arguably her most famous film, transfixed me. At the time, there were few South Asian faces in Hollywood, and the fact that Oberon had managed to break through more than 50 years earlier beggared belief in my young mind. (...)In this regard, Wuthering Heights was perhaps her most demonstrative showcase. As Cathy, she toggled among moods—stubbornness, determination, heartbreak—with fluency. Today, one might read irony into the fact that Oberon played a character whom Emily Brontë had conceived as canonically white, while Oberon’s white co-star, Laurence Olivier, played Heathcliff, a man of indeterminate racial origin. (References to his potential South Asian heritage abound in Brontë’s text and the 1939 film, which explains some of the resistance to director Emerald Fennell’s announcement last year that she would adapt the novel with Jacob Elordi, who is white, as Heathcliff.) But the honesty Oberon brought to that character’s torment proves that she was the right actor for the part, irrespective of color. (Mayukh Sen)
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysThis prequel to 'Jane Eyre' gives voice to Bertha Mason, the Creole woman locked away by Mr. Rochester. Antoinette, as she was once known, fights against colonial prejudice, forced marriage, and betrayal. Struggling to maintain her identity, she descends into madness—a victim of patriarchy and racial injustice. Rhys redefines heroism as a fight for self-ownership in a world determined to erase individuality. (Girish Shukla)
La regia di Badiluzzi riesce a coniugare fedeltà al testo originale con una visione innovativa, offrendo una prospettiva fresca su un classico intramontabile. Cime Tempestose al Teatro Piccolo Bellini è un'esperienza teatrale che invita lo spettatore a confrontarsi con le proprie passioni e i propri demoni interiori, attraverso una rappresentazione che unisce tradizione e modernità in modo magistrale. (Gianpiero Pagano in Napoli al Teatro) (Translation)
Trasportando gli spettatori al centro dell’universo tormentato di Catherine e Heathcliff, attraverso il racconto dei giovani Hareton e Catherine, la cui relazione è uno dei temi centrali del romanzo, l’adattamento di Martina Badiluzzi offre un punto di vista del tutto originale, inedito finora, capace di calare nella contemporaneità questo classico, così complesso e simbolico, scritto nel 1846. (Napoli Today) (Translation)
Restando fedele al romanzo vittoriano scritto nel 1846 ma al contempo portando sulla scena temi attuali, la trasposizione di questo classico senza tempo parte dalla relazione amorosa di Cathy e Hareton, che si ritrovano a tornare per puro caso a “Cime Tempestose”.
È emblematico che i protagonisti non siano Catherine e Heathcliff, da sempre considerati tra le coppie più romantiche e passionali della letteratura ma in realtà simbolo di un amore distruttore: nella mise-en-scène di Badiluzzi è la seconda generazione essere protagonista, Cathy, la fotocopia della madre Catherine, e Hareton, figlio non desiderato. (Francesca Arfè in Eroica Fenice) (Translation)
Finally, in striking contrast with the news that opened this post, the Brontë Birthplace renovation is nearly complete with photographer Matt Gibbons capturing the freshly restored spaces, including the parlour where the sisters were born. After dedicated work by volunteers and specialists to restore historical features, the birthplace will open to visitors in March/April 2025.
Interdiscipline innovation and scientific research conferenceEgamnazarova RushanaVol. 3 No. 28 (2025): Interdiscipline Innovation and Scientific Research ConferenceAbstractCharlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre remains a seminal work in feminist literary discourse, offering a nuanced critique of gender roles in Victorian England. This article examines the portrayal of gender roles in the novel and how Brontë embeds feminist ideologies within Jane’s character development and narrative progression. The study highlights Jane’s struggle for autonomy, her rejection of traditional female subjugation, and her assertion of self-worth within a patriarchal framework. By analyzing key interactions between Jane and male figures, as well as her journey towards self-realization, this paper underscores Jane Eyre’s contribution to early feminist thought. The novel’s progressive stance on women’s independence, education, and equality resonates with contemporary feminist ideals, making it a critical text in gender studies.
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New fully-accessible visitor toilets and changing provision have opened at Haworth's Brontë Parsonage Museum.Included are four individual self-contained cubicles, and an accessible toilet for people in wheelchairs or with prams, which also features baby changing facilities.The provision includes a Changing Places toilet, which offers extra space and equipment such as a hoist, moveable changing bed and wash down facility.There's also a sedum-planted roof to promote biodiversity.Funding for the project was received from Arts Council England’s Capital Investment Programme. And the museum was one of 21 organisations across the district to benefit from the £3m Bradford 2025 Cultural Capital Fund. [...]Rebecca Yorke, director of the Brontë Parsonage Museum, says: "We're so pleased to finally be able to provide our visitors with the facilities expected of a world-class museum. Our previous lack of toilets was a significant barrier to access, and we are immensely grateful to Bradford Council, Bradford 2025 and Arts Council England for the funding to make its removal possible."Dan Bates, executive director of Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture, says: "The Cultural Capital Fund was created by Bradford Council and Bradford 2025 to invest in cultural infrastructure across the district, improving amenities so that visitors and communities can have access to – and participate in – activities during our time as UK City of Culture and for many more years to come."The Brontë Parsonage Museum is one of the jewels in Bradford’s cultural crown, and we are extremely happy to have played a part in bringing these new facilities to Haworth."The scheme received £100,000 through the Arts Council England Capital Investment Programme.Pete Massey, for Arts Council England, says: "I’m delighted we were able to award this funding towards the creation of enhanced visitor facilities at the Brontë Parsonage Museum. These environmentally-friendly improvements will increase accessibility to the building for everyone, and in particular for disabled and older people and those with young children, meaning that more visitors can experience everything that the museum has to offer.”Councillor Sarah Ferriby, Bradford Council's portfolio holder for healthy people and places, says: "It's good to see that the investment in City of Culture is having practical benefits at a local level, as well as supporting our tourism offer." (Alistair Shand)
Soon Oberon was in Hollywood under a shared arrangement with the producer Samuel Goldwyn, garnering an Oscar nomination for “The Dark Angel” (1935)—making her in retrospect the first Asian actor to be so honored—and working her way up to the career peak of “Wuthering Heights.” During the production of the William Wyler film, Oberon’s co-star Laurence Olivier subjected her to constant verbal abuse on the set. He’d hoped the role would go to his girlfriend Vivien Leigh. (Ty Burr)
La idea de partir de una obra canónica y volver a contarla desde otro punto de vista, dejando al descubierto los puntos ciegos del original, no es nueva, y ha producido obras que ya son a su vez canónicas. En 1964, una anciana y enferma Jean Rhys, que llevaba décadas desaparecida del mundo literario y estaba viviendo en una barraca precaria en el Sur de Inglaterra, publicó El ancho mar de los Sargazos. Esta precuela de Jane Eyre toma el personaje de Bertha Mason, la ex mujer de Rochester encerrada en el desván de la casa, una mujer a la que tienen por loca y peligrosa, y le da un pasado y unas razones. Bertha, en la versión de Jean Rhys, ni siquiera se llamaba Bertha, sino Antoinette, y es una jamaicana blanca, descendiente de los propietarios de esclavos (como la propia Rhys, que nació en la isla caribeña de Dominica), a los que llamaban cucarachas blancas, con una historia de desgracias a sus espaldas, y marcada por el trauma. Trauma a secas y trauma intergeneracional, el que se hereda debido a sucesos históricos. Puestos a leer a Antoinette con los ojos de la actualidad hasta podríamos decir que ha sufrido luz de gas a manos de Rochester. Hay una línea recta entre la paranoia obsesiva de esa mujer y el ninguneo al que le somete su marido.El ancho mar de los Sargazos sirvió, a la corta, para aliviar los últimos años de su autora, que falleció en 1979, con 88 años que contaban casi como 288 por la intensidad con la que vivió y las veces que la dieron por muerta. Y, a la larga, para reformular un tropo novelístico, la loca del desván, y señalar a la vez un camino que seguirían otros autores, la revisión feminista y poscolonial de un texto victoriano. (Begoña Gómez Urzaiz) (Translation)
Emma Cohen-EdmondsEdinburgh Student Literary Journal 7 (A/W 24-25):1-9 (2025)AbstractThis essay follows how three different texts (one prose, and two poems) each reflect the narrative arc of St. Paul's struggle with sin and his overcoming of it. It begins by following a parallel between the experience of Paul's conversion in the biblical book of Acts with the anagnorisis of Charlotte Bronte's protagonist, Jane Eyre. I compare how both literary agents wrestle with inner conflicts and arrive to a united conclusion that where humankind fails, God always represents the solution. Following this, in light of analysing Paul's religious experience, I turn to Seamus Heaney's poem 'Miracle.' In this, the effect of sin, interpreted as death and suffering is underscored in the same way that Paul underscores it in his letters. Finally, I conclude by deepening an understanding of Paul's anthropology in analysing Edwin Muir's poem, 'Adam's Dream.'
Ian Griffiths, the British creative director of Max Mara, starts with what real women wear and builds fashion out from there, rather than the other way around. This season, he wanted to do big skirts.“So I thought: what story do I attach to this, to give it drama? We all have our dramas going on inside, so our clothes should, too.” A weekend in Yorkshire led him to the Brontë heroines Catherine Earnshaw and Jane Eyre, and a collection of rustling greatcoats, hardy layers with bellow pockets, chunky boots, stiff tweeds and grand velvets.There was nothing Victorian about the clothes on the catwalk. “I’m not doing costume drama,” Griffiths said backstage. On his moodboard, an image of a woman looking out of a plane window was pinned next to a portrait of the Brontë sisters, “because I never forget that the woman I’m designing for is more likely to be getting on a plane to New York or marching through the corridors of power than marching across the moors. She’s probably a corporate lawyer.” (Jess Cartner-Morley)
“I was trying to balance between Jane Eyre and her demure self control and Catherine Earnshaw and her untrammeled wild passion in order to find a woman who’s somewhere in between controlling these two polar emotions.” This was Ian Griffiths’s pre-show preface to a Max Mara collection that sought to sublimate the contrasting romantic essences of the Brontë sisters’s famous protagonists: heroine chic. (Luke Leitch)
Max Mara's newest collection is for the woman in touch with her inner self and for the woman who dreams through enmeshing herself in literature, according to Creative Director Ian Griffiths. "We are living in a particular moment, there is a threatening world that we are dealing with and I believe that clothes help you to face it better. More generally, an elegant look makes you feel good. This morning, for example, I wore my three-piece suit and I was happy to start the day," he wrote in show notes.For the Fall/Winter 2025 collection, he has a very clear idea of the type of woman he is dressing: she who is "refined, strong, cultured, intelligent, capable of living even her most emotional side, a woman who reads," show notes read for the show presented during Milan Fashion Week.Specifically, he is passionate about two great classics of English literature, Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights by Charlotte and Emily Brontë, respectively, where the protagonists are indomitable heroines. To outline the look of the season, Griffiths also looks at the portraits of Julia Margaret Cameron, great-aunt of Virginia Woolf, a rare female photographer of the Victorian era who specialized in dreamy female portraits. (Cristina Manfredi)
That all changed in 1977 when she got tuberculosis and was confined to Merlin Park Hospital.“I found the days long and miserable. One day I had a visit from friends, Anne and Mark Kennedy, and they brought up a skinny little book called Animal Farm. I loved it, I loved the revolution in it. I went on to read Wuthering Heights. I could see Catherine and Heathcliff on the moors.”
by Tom MarshGrosvenor House Publishing LtdISBN: 978-1836150596December 2024Bronte Falls is a crime story like no other. Exciting, suspenseful and intensely funny it follows the brutal crimes of a copycat serial killer, punctuated by the amusing goings-on of a very odd Yorkshire precinct.Detective Inspector Charles Brontë, long-suffering, irreverent but effective is on the case along with tough-cookie, Sergeant Jennifer Pepper.Brontë, ready for retirement is most certainly not ready for a vicious psychopath moving onto his beloved patch, slaying locals Willy-Nilly whilst posing and displaying their dead, mutilated bodies in the villages of the Yorkshire Moors.Initially Brontë and Pepper struggle to make a connection between the murderer and the victims, making the likelihood of a successful arrest out of reach. It is only with the help from unexpected quarters: an outlaw biker gang, a coven of witches and an American newspaper hack, that Bronte and Pepper can get anywhere near to the gruesome truth...and gruesome is what the truth really is. You will really enjoy this book it is a good fun exciting thriller with a twist and turns and certainly unexpected ending.
‘Tales of a Monstrous Heart’ by Jennifer Delaney, published by GollanczTaking inspiration from Jane Eyre, Tales of a Monstrous Heart is a relatively new release but it had an immediate impact on us. Delaney’s debut blends gothic fantasy with romance, in turn making this a book and a story that could easily have slotted into quite a few other categories in this list. It also flips what tends to be the traditional understanding that fey/fae (the mythical beings) are one of the highest and most respected, as, here, they are continually prejudiced against. Romance or romantasy fans will appreciate the slow burn between the two main characters, Kat and Emrys, but it is the take on traditional gothic and dark academia that really worked for us. (Ellis Cochrane)
A 'eureka moment' in a Haworth cafe led to the creation of a fictional detective.Detective Inspector Charles Brontë was born.And now he is heading up an investigation into brutal murders, in Tom Marsh's crime thriller Brontë Falls."The idea for the main protagonist was a delightful breakthrough and eureka moment," says Tom."One miserable day sat in a cafe staring down at an empty notebook I realised it would soon be time to climb back on my motorbike for the short but cold ride home."The bell on the cafe door rang to signify its opening, and in walked a police officer. Eureka! Everything fell into place at that moment – a motorcycling Haworth police detective working the villages and moors in Brontë country, an inspector with the same surname as the three famous sisters."In Brontë Falls, murder victims' bodies appear in usually-quiet villages and on the moors around Haworth. (Alistair Shand)
Were you drawn to any particular types of roles in those early years? With Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights, I wondered if you were already interested in playing the darker side of a leading man.Yeah, but that was a difficult one because the audience was not expecting that. They were expecting a 35-year-old man, i.e. Laurence Olivier, who was fully grown in [his 1939 film.] In the book, they were teenagers—and he was a bastard. (Anthony Breznican)
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Searsport District High School presents
Being Brontë
by Grace ScharlackenWith Bay Nadeau, Connor Courtney and Aiden Boyd, Keira Saball, Dilyla Brown, Morgyn Cornell, Joslyn Merithew and Selina Cantres.Thursday, Feb. 27, 6:30 p.m. at Mount View High School in ThorndikeFriday, Feb. 28, 6:30 p.m. at Troy Howard Middle School, BelfastSaturday, March 1, 6:30 p.m. at Searsport District Middle/High School in Searsport. All shows begin atRegional festival at Medomak Valley High School in Union on Friday, March 7, at 7 p.m.
Thu 27 Feb, 7:30pmJoin us for our first 2025 soirée in the Brontë Lounge! Our host Helen Meller will be talking to author, BookTuber and C
hair of the Brontë Society’s Board of Trustees, Lucy Powrie.A proudly autistic writer currently working on a new neurodivergent YA romance novel, Lucy is the youngest Chair to be appointed to the Board of Trustees and has over 45,000 subscribers to her book-centred YouTube channel, lucythereader. We’ll hear from Lucy about her YA series, The Paper & Hearts Society, with a chance to ask questions throughout the event.This is an online talk. If you can’t attend the live event, a recording will be sent out afterwards.
Local schools have been contacted and are invited to enter poster, writing or poetry competitions in advance of the Festival with the winners announced in June. Events will be held in Chandler’s House and, in association with ABC Council, Drumballyroney Church and the Brontë Homeland Interpretative Centre.Margot Groves from the organising committee said, “We have a rich heritage of writing in the area given the connection to the Brontë family and we wanted to celebrate this. We also want to showcase many of the talented writers that live locally and also inspire the younger generations too with the schools’ competition.“We chose to incorporate Rath in our title to pay tribute to the history of the town and the stories that have been carried down through generations. Rathfriland was the chief citadel for the territory of Iveagh which covered about half of Co Down. The Magennis Clan were lords of Iveagh for 500 years up until the mid 1600s. They ruled from their castle base, which was protected by a rath, a type of walled enclosure.“We will be shortly announcing the various events taking place during the Festival, including the artists and details on how to get tickets. For now, we want everyone to look forward to the weekend and save the date in their diaries!” (Columba O'Hare)
La Jane Eyre escrita por Charlotte Brontë no tuvo una vida fácil: en sus años de institutriz soportó el desprecio de las familias y cuando se enamoró de un hombre y este le pidió matrimonio, ella tuvo que rechazarlo, puesto que él estaba casado con otra mujer. Desde este jueves 27 de febrero y hasta el próximo domingo 2 de marzo, Jane tendrá la oportunidad de recordar su juventud en el Teatro del Mercado con el estreno del espectáculo ‘Jane B’, en el que se unirá el teatro y la música.En una época en la que las mujeres eran subestimadas, Charlotte Brontë tuvo que utilizar el pseudónimo masculino de Currer Bel [sic] para que los editores tuvieran en consideración su obra. Una novela que presenta a una mujer capaz de decidir por sí misma y de alejarse del camino marcado por la sociedad para ella. En ’Jane B’, será su protagonista quien a través del paso del tiempo descubrirá que el miedo a la libertad se puede vencer cuando dejas atrás aquello que te hizo creer que nunca podrías ser libre. (H.A.) (Translation)
