My Spring 2014 online, interactive, international course for The Mythgard Institute (available both for M.A. students who are seeking degrees and auditors wishing to participate the love of the subject) is now open for registration. It's "The Gothic Tradition."


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On this day in 1847, according to Charlotte Brontë's letters, she received her author's copies of her newly-published work, one of the greatest of Gothic novels, Jane Eyre (credited to Brontë's pseudonym, Currer Bell). Secrets and disguises, fire and death, a sadistic boarding school and a madwoman in the attic: what could be more appropriate for ( Read more... )

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Happy Monday! I have some links to share:

Articles:

* The Guardian reports on which books 2,000 readers have chosen as the Greatest Love Story of All Time, based on a poll sponsored by the UKTV Drama Channel.

The Top Ten list looks like this:
1 Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, 1847
2 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, 1813
3 Romeo and Juliet ( Read more... )

Happy early birthday to the ever-fabulous janissa11! May you have an excellent day tomorrow, and may the next year be your best yet.

Thanks to Sword of Gryffindor (syndicated as sword_gryff), HogwartsProfessor.com (syndicated as hogwartspro), and BrontëBlog (syndicated as bronteblog) for recently recommending and referring to this blog. I appreciate it ( Read more... )

Many thanks to everyone who took part in my poll about Jane Eyre adaptations. The favorite, by a strong consensus, is the 1983 Zelah Clarke/Timothy Dalton version, although seven different adaptations received more than one vote. Personally, I've enjoyed several of the films. My preference at this point is for Charlotte Gainsbourg as Jane Eyre (the ( Read more... )

Happy birthday to wiccagirl24, and happy early birthdays to febobe and ghani_atreides! My friends, I hope all three of you have fantastic days and wonderful years to come.

I've been rereading one of my very favorite novels, Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, which leads me to a question:

Poll What is your favorite adaptation of Jane Eyre?

Incidentally, the new unabridged reading of Jane Eyre by Emily Woof for SilkSoundBooks is ( Read more... )