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Tag Archives: Wuthering Heights
Book Review: Elizabeth von Arnim, Vera
As you may know from previous posts, I have been tracing the genetic mutations from which the genre of paranormal romance arose by looking at an earlier manifestation, Gothic romance (or romantic suspense). This genre flourished from about the 1940s … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM Research, Reviews
Tagged Daphne du Maurier, Elizabeth von Arnim, Genre, Gothic romance, Paranormal romance, The Brontës, Wuthering Heights
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Emily Brontë : bicentennial essays
A few days late, but here are a selection of articles celebrating the bicentenary of Emily Brontë, whose singular 1847 novel Wuthering Heights took the architexts of the Gothic novel and added new psychological depth. It also lay the foundations … Continue reading
Jane Eyre–a YA novel?
A provocative article by the YA author Lena Coakley, claiming Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel of autonomy, education, and desire as a YA novel. This challenges ideas of the canon and of genre, of course, and does have a certain validity, … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts
Tagged Genre, Intertextuality, Jane Eyre, paramormal romance, The Brontës, Wuthering Heights, YA Fiction
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Let me grab your soul away – Kate Bush and gothic
A fascinating article tracing Gothic themes in Kate Bush’s songs and the allusions to Gothic cinema therein.
Posted in Critical thoughts
Tagged Emily Brontë, Film, Gothic, Hanry James, Horror Film, Intertextuality, Kate Bush, music, Stephen King, Wuthering Heights
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