Category: Charlotte Brontë

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+ american literature, Americanah, Charlotte Brontë, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Jane Eyre, Literature, podcast

Classics & Coffee: Making a Literature Podcast with My Daughter

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During the summer, my daughter, Juliette, and I started seriously talking about doing a podcast. This conversation started earlier, but we really started working on it around June. What arose from those conversations was Classics & Coffee, a podcast where we would talk about books while drinking coffee. This format seemed obvious to us since both of us read extensively. I, of course, read … Read More Classics & Coffee: Making a Literature Podcast with My Daughter

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+ Anne Brontë, Branwell Brontë, Charlotte Brontë, Cimetière du Montparnasse, Emily Brontë, jean paul sartre, Patrick Brontë, richard rodriguez

Cemeteries and the Tangible Past

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A few weeks ago, I went to the 26th biennial conference for the Nordic Association for American Studies (NAAS). The conference theme, “Monuments,” reflected our current cultural moment, a moment in which we have collectively engaged in conversations about both physical and metaphorical monuments, especially as they relate to the narratives we tell ourselves. Today, I want to take a moment and reflect upon … Read More Cemeteries and the Tangible Past

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+ Agnes Grey, Anne Brontë, Branwell Brontë, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Haworth, Jane Eyre, Patrick Brontë, Wuthering Heights, York, Yorkshire

My Trip to the Brontë Parsonage

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Yesterday, I went to Haworth and visited the Brontë parsonage. Before the visit, I started reading Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights; however, I have not had the chance to finish it. From what I’ve read, the first volume and about four chapters of the second, I thoroughly enjoy it, especially the academic discussions about Heathcliff’s ancestry. I plan to do a blog post post on … Read More My Trip to the Brontë Parsonage

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