The Guardian and WION discuss a new Taylor Swift-inspired literature course at a Belgian university:
Much of the syllabus for Elly McCausland’s course at Ghent University reads like a who’s who of English literature, dotted with works by Geoffrey Chaucer, Charlotte Brontë and William Shakespeare. But it’s the inclusion of another prolific writer that has got people talking: the singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. (Ashifa Kassam)
The Lover singer has always drawn inspiration from classics literature for her songs, and this time her work will be featured and analysed alongside authors and iconic works like The Great Gatsby, Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Jane Eyre, Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, and Romeo and Juliet. (Pragati Awasthi)
SunLit: What three writers, from any era, can you imagine having over for a great discussion about literature and writing? And why?
AK.R.: Gosh… Ken Follett, because he turned me on to historical fiction. Margaret Atwood because she’s one of the most skilled writers of our time. And maybe Charlotte Brontë so we could gush over “Jane Eyre.”
The New York Times reviews
The Marriage Question. George Eliot's Double Life by Clara Carlisle:
She details how the couple met as journalists, through an editor of The Economist magazine for whom Marian had harbored unreciprocated feelings. Neither was considered good-looking, but the smallpox-pitted Lewes had a “racy glamour” and Evans remarkable intelligence, ambition and humor; her thinking that marriage was a state of heart and mind was informed by Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë, as well as the anthropologist and philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach, whose book “The Essence of Christianity” she had translated. (Alexandra Jacobs)
Temple of Geek reviews the novel
Medusa's Sisters by Lauren J.A. Bear:
Something that I have always loved about Jane Austen, the Brontë’s, and Louise May Alcott, the most incredible women writers of all time, is that they all tell the whole of women’s experiences. They do a wonderful job of representing different aspects of being a woman through different characters. The dreamer, the lover, the tomboy, the traditionalist are all valid ways to live your life. Lauren J.A. Bear does the same with her trio of sisters. (Alexandrea Callaghan)
Chortle reviews Rosalie Minnitt's
Clementine at the Edinburgh Fringe:
With an incoherent, mish-mashed collage of images and clips playing behind her, the setting is a ridiculously broad, irreverent parody of Austen, Brontë et al, inspired more by the television adaptations and cosy, Great Britain plc iconography of shows like Bridgerton and even Downton Abbey as much as the original novels. (Jay Richardson)
Stylist vindicates a 'millennial classic',
The Secret Garden 1993:
In addition to its thematic richness, the film is also, quite simply, breathtaking. Each element comes together to make it a true work of art. The sumptuous cinematography by the extremely accomplished Roger Deakins (1917, Empire of Light) is filled with luscious shots of the garden quite literally coming to life, contrasted with sparse, dramatic shots of the icy, Brontë-esque moors and dense, gloomy shots within the house itself. Similarly, the haunting, sweeping score by Zbigniew Preisner is simultaneously eerie and magical. (Meg Walters)
The Day mentions
The Classics Slacker series (you know, they read the classics, so you don't have to). They're threatening with a new series:
“I would say all of us are voracious readers,” [Heather] Mastrogiovanni says. “And this project has definitely inspired me to read books I wouldn’t have read otherwise. Spoiler alert for a future edition of the series: No one should subject themselves to reading ‘Wuthering Heights.’ That’s why Team TCS is doing it for you. You’re welcome.” (Rick Koster)
As a reader of this blog, you should probably opt for reading Wuthering Heights so you don't have to read TCS's summaries.
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