Literature, British Isles

Film Review Literature, British Isles

King Lear

Joseph F. F. Stephenson

SHAKESPEARE (2023)

Article Literature, British Isles

Canine Agency and Its Mitigation in the Characterization of Dogs in the Novels by Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte

Jane Sunderland

Summary: The Bronte sisters portrayed dogs in their novels, possibly expressing the idea of human-animal equivalence. The dogs in the novels exhibited agency and cognition, challenging the binary relationship between humans and dogs.

BRONTE STUDIES (2023)

Article Literature, British Isles

Re-Mapping Jane Eyre: Childhood Trauma, Colonial Fear, and the Narrative of Self-Development

Meng Li

Summary: Jane Eyre is a story about human migration and its psychological effects. The constant movements of the heroine, Jane, can be seen as a form of internal migration that was common in the early 19th century British Empire. However, Jane's similarity to other migrants is complicated by her fear of them and her desire to avoid their fate.

BRONTE STUDIES (2023)

Book Review Literature, British Isles

Determining Wuthering Heights: Ideology, Intertexts, Tradition & nbsp;

Lydia Craig

BRONTE STUDIES (2023)

Article Literature, British Isles

Shakespeare's Art of Entanglement: The Tempest's Tragicomic Dramaturgy of Knotting and Untying

Christina Wald (Konstanz)

Summary: This article proposes that The Tempest offers metadramaturgic commentary on the playwright's task of (dis)entanglement through its dense knot imagery and actions on stage. It examines how the knot as an image-cluster ties together various early modern concerns and not just formalist elements.

SHAKESPEARE (2023)

Article Literature, British Isles

Chekhov and the Brontes

Olha Honcharova

Summary: The author questions whether Chekhov was aware of the Bronte family and if he incorporated this knowledge into his writing. By examining the availability of Russian translations of the Brontes' works and biographical sources, as well as biographical parallels between Chekhov's family and the Brontes, the author aims to answer this question.

BRONTE STUDIES (2023)

Book Review Literature, British Isles

Reading Robert Greene: Recovering Shakespeare's Rival

Nathan Dooner

SHAKESPEARE (2023)

Film Review Literature, British Isles

Review of Hannah Khalil's Adaptation of Shakespeare and Fletcher's Henry VIII (

Emma Rose Kraus

SHAKESPEARE (2023)

Book Review Literature, British Isles

Much Ado About Nothing

Grace Mold

SHAKESPEARE (2023)

Film Review Literature, British Isles

Doctor Faustus

Lisa Hopkins

SHAKESPEARE (2023)

Editorial Material Literature, British Isles

Editorial - Reviews Section

Carolyne van der Meer

BRONTE STUDIES (2023)

Theater Review Literature, British Isles

This it is when men are ruled by women': The Ableists' Curse and the RSC's 2022 production of Richard III

Deborah Cartmell, Peter J. Smith

SHAKESPEARE (2023)

Book Review Literature, British Isles

Indict the Author of Affection: Affectation and Catachresis in Hamlet

Lisa Hopkins

SHAKESPEARE (2023)

Article Literature, British Isles

A Logos Masquerade: The Unity of Language and Woman's Body in Anne Bronte's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

George Sadaka

Summary: In Anne Bronte's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Helen uses language as a masquerade to debunk the power of the phallus and resist patriarchal dominance. Through her actions and emancipatory diary, she embodies 'the logos' in her body and challenges the 'name of the father' and the 'big other' in Lacanian terms. Her defiance and emancipation reveal the true nature of 'the phallus'.

BRONTE STUDIES (2023)

Article Literature, British Isles

'A Strong Wish for Wings': The Epistolary Relationship and Intellectual Collaboration between Mary Taylor and Charlotte Bronte

Chelsea Wallis

Summary: This article explores the impact of the correspondence between Mary Taylor and Charlotte Bronte on their intellectual lives and writing. Evidence from their works, Shirley (1849) and Miss Miles (1890), showcases the collaborative dynamic between the two writers, which not only influenced their work but also helped them gain literary legitimacy in a publishing context hostile to women's voices. Their letters indicate the explicit influence of each other's thinking on their writing, suggesting a sense of belonging to an intellectual partnership through sustained correspondence. Simon-Martin's theory of 'epistolary education' highlights the formative role of their friendship in developing feminist consciousness, social reform advocacy, and authorial agency.

BRONTE STUDIES (2023)

Article Literature, British Isles

Love Notes and Sonnets in Early Modern Tragedy

Andrew J. Power

Summary: This essay explores a previously underexplored motif in some early modern and Shakespearean tragedies, which is the connection between secretly exchanged verses and love tokens with failed love in the tragedies.

SHAKESPEARE (2023)

Article Literature, British Isles

The Presentation of the First Catherine in Wuthering Heights

Graeme Tytler

Summary: A study of scholarly articles on Wuthering Heights published in the past century reveals that Bronte scholars have a strong admiration for the first Catherine. However, a closer look at her portrayal shows that she has severe moral and mental limitations throughout her short life. Despite this, the author intends Catherine to be considered a heroine, as evident from the favorable comments made about her after her death and her lasting impact on other characters in the novel.

BRONTE STUDIES (2023)