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Saturday, April 06, 2019

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Brit + Co recommends '10 Essential Feminist Books Every Woman Should Read' such as
1. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë [...]: Written by a poor parson’s daughter and originally published under a male pseudonym, this explosive Victorian novel continues to spark conversations about romance, injustice, and equality. The eponymous Jane is a survivor — assertive, curious, independent, and impassioned — and even after 172 years, Brontë’s poetic novel with its pint-sized heroine still demands our attention. (Asher Fogle Paul)
Jane Eyre is also one of '10 Inspiring Books Every Student Needs To Read' according to Society 19.
6. Jane Eyre
We couldn’t write a list of inspiring books without including this Charlotte Brontë classic! Centred on the intelligent and strong-willed Jane, you’ll find yourself feeling shocked, entertained and inspired by Jane’s sharp wit and the novel’s gothic imagery. (Jamisyn Gleeson)
Business Insider transcribes an interview with Alex Trebek, host of Jeopardy! Regrettably, the transcription  is not ideal:
Favorite place to vacation: Yorkshire, England, a town called Howard (sic), home of the Bruntings (sic). My wife and I visited there before we got married, after we got married, after our first son was born, our only son was born, after our daughter was born. We walked the moors together like Heathcliff and Catherine in "Wuthering Heights." Even in a pouring rainstorm we'd do it. It's romantic. And then we go to the doctors to get treated for flu and... Yes? The half hour I get to spend on stage with three very bright people. I don't like spending time with stupid people. So I have very few friends. (Graham Flanagan)
Lehren discusses the films directed by Andrea Arnold:
Arnold is single-minded in her approach, as displayed when she cast Heathcliff as black in her 2011 adaptation of Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights, in her words, ‘No one was going to stop me doing what I wanted to do, but eyebrows were raised'. In terms of authorial control, Arnold acted as both director and writer of the script, believing that it is important to be in command of both ‘because you understand the script so well and you can change things as you go, cut stuff that's not working and try to improve as you go. You know the material inside out and can be very instinctive when working'. For Michael Stewart, the film is an example of European traductive realism, which pushes narrative with ‘no obligation to engage with specific questions or representations of the national', combined with melodrama. Indeed, Arnold uses the melodramatic tropes of narrative and character in script and direction to emphasise ‘familialism and redemption; and the nomination of its central character as a woman and mother'. Yet the film's traductive realism, for Stewart, pushes narrative realism closer to the avant-garde to approach abjection. (Tanmay Shukla)
Fodor's Travel suggests the '26 Ultimate Things to Do in England' including
Explore Literary England via Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and the Brontës
Famous authors’ homes and symbols of their work are dotted all over England, which means you never have to stray too far from the beaten track to find some literary excitement. Jane Austen was a resident of Bath, so a trip to the Roman city should evoke some memories of her spirit, although a visit to her former home at Chawton Manor, now the Jane Austen’s House Museum, should reveal more about one of our greatest writers. For the Brontës, the landscape that inspired the likes of Wuthering Heights can be found among the moors and heaths of Yorkshire. Home of the Brontë sisters, Haworth village is the start of tours and walks through Brontë Country. In London, tours take you to locations which inspired Charles Dickens, while the Charles Dickens Museum at 48 Doughty Street will take you inside the head of the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. (Toby Orton)
Vox reviews the series finale of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend:
Traditionally in a love triangle, both of the rivals represent one possible character path for the protagonist, so when the protagonist chooses a lover, they’re also choosing a self. Is Jane Eyre going to be morally correct but cold, like St. John Rivers, or is she going to be passionate and wild, like Mr. Rochester? (Constance Grady)
The Reviews Hub reviews an Edinburgh production of Matilda:
An unexpected and unwelcome addition to the grotesque Wormwood family, five-and-a-half-year-old prodigy with telekinetic powers Matilda (Scarlett Cecil), takes solace in books – from Austen and Brontë to Dickens and Dostoyevsky and finds a kindred spirit in her gentle and downtrodden new teacher Miss Honey. (Lauren Humphreys)
Culturess mentions the works of Olive Schreiner:
If all of the above news makes you feel like rebelling in a serious way, then check out the work of Olive Schreiner. Sure, she mostly lived and worked in the 19th century before she died in 1920, but her often radical work still resonates today. Her novel, The Story of an African Farm, was so influential that it’s drawn comparisons between her and Charlotte Brontë, if Charlotte Brontë was even more politically and social outspoken. (Sarah Crocken)
The Times recommends the film Lady Macbeth:
Despite the title, this is not a Shakespearean drama, but a reinterpretation of Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 novella Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District. Yet the atmosphere in the mansion on the wild and windy moors is more Brontë than anything else. It is a brilliant jigsaw of a film from the first-time director William Oldroyd. (Chris Bennion)
According to WalesOnline, JK Rowling is set to be the Jane Austen of the future:
But more. I’d be willing to lay a bet. That a century from now, JK Rowling (whose work was sniffed at by many publishers) will be talked about as breathlessly and adoringly as Austen and Charlotte Brontë are today. (Lynne Barrett-Lee)
Duerighe (in Italian) and the literature of the eighteenth century:
Eccoci in Inghilterra in compagnia della Dickinson, della Brontë, di Mary Shelley col suo Frankestein e il dramma del diverso, rifiutato, calpestato anche dal suo creatore. E poi nella Germania dei Buddenbrook e della loro decadenza. (Raffaella Roversi) (Translation)
TheatreCat reviews the performances of The Tide Jetty by Tony Ramsay:
So the prevailing unease gives us a touch of Cold Comfort Farm. Or, more positively, of Wuthering Heights here. Wuthering Broads. (Libby Purves)
Siglo XXI (Argentina) interviews the actress and playwright Claudia Schvartz:
Y ah, el Alejandro Dumas de mi niñez. Y otra cita es “Cumbres borrascosas”, de Emily Brönte (sic), que no sé cuántas veces he leído, a decir verdad. (Rolando Revagliatti) (Translation)
A Wuthering Heights reference in Sprint & Sport (Italy).

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