Emily Brontë

A cura di Annabel Pope
 Wuthering Heights is considered to be one of the greatest works in English literature because of its plot, the gallery of characters which spans two generations, the Gothic element and its sentimental and psychological aspects.
 It is the disturbing story of an impossible love from the first childish games on the Yorkshire moors up to Cathy’s death and beyond, in a desperate pursuit of love which transcends life. Grudges, wickedness and cruel revenge, together with bursts of human generosity and passion, all take place inside or not far away from the main character of this novel: the house, i.e. “Wuthering Heights”.
 The numerous in-depth analyses are about the Brontë sisters, the setting of the story, the writer’s poetry, music and works of art inspired by Wuthering Heights, its adaptations for cinema, and the Gothic element present in the novel. 
 
 Teacher's Resources available online: Answer Key - Transcripts - Summing-up Activities
 
 Wuthering Heights di Emily Brontë è considerata una delle più grandi opere della letteratura inglese.
 È la storia inquietante di un amore impossibile. Rancori, perfidie e vendette crudeli accanto a slanci di umana partecipazione si svolgono tutti dentro o poco distanti dal protagonista assoluto del romanzo: la casa, chiamata “Wuthering Heights”.
 I numerosi approfondimenti vertono su Emily e le sorelle Brontë, la poesia dell’autrice, i film e la musica e la tematica gotica che il romanzo ha ispirato.

Chapter 1 – A Strange Household

Extension: Who was Emily Brontë?

Chapter 2 – Heathcliff and Cathy

Extension: The Brontë country

Chapter 3 – Separation and Reunion

Extension: Emily and her poetry

Chapter 4 – Cathy’s Decline

Extension: Wuthering Heights: the films

Chapter 5 – Twelve Years Later

Extension: Who has Wuthering Heights inspired?

Chapter 6 – Heathcliff’s Revenge

Extension: Gothic and supernatural elements in Wuthering Heights

Chapter 7 – Epilogue

Extension: Haworth churchyard

Summing-up activities

Glossary

E X T E N S I O N WHO HAS WUTHERING HEIGHTS INSPIRED? Kate Bush Wind and Wuthering Bonnie Tyler Wuthering Heights Meatloaf Wuthering Heights touches the imaginations of all those who read it, but it has inspired some musicians, songwriters, poets and artists to create their own works of art. The most successful and well known musical homage to Emily and her story is the song released in 1985 by Kate Bush, entitled Wuthering Heights. It was part of her first album, and her unusual rather eerie1 voice led to immediate success and was perfect in re-creating the ghost of Cathy. The story fired her imagination to write the song, and she later discovered that she and Emily shared the same birthday, 30th July. The British rock band Genesis, whose members included Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford, released their album Wind and Wuthering in 1978. The book inspired the title and cover and there are two instrumental pieces on the album entitled, Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers and In that Quiet Earth, both direct references to the closing lines of the novel. The idea for the classic ballad2  Total Eclipse of the Heart , written by songwriter John Steinmann, and rendered famous by the Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler in 1983, came from Emily s story. Wuthering Heights is the name of a Danish heavy metal band while the metallic group Meatloaf, wrote the sound track for M.T.V. s 2003 screen version. In 1993 the Brazilian metal band Angra included in their first album a cover of Kate Bush s Wuthering Heights. 1. eerie: strange, mysterious and a little frightening. 2. ballad: a slow, popular song about love. Angra 76 

In 1951 and 1958 two operas were produced, one of which by Carlisle Floyd, was recorded on an album, and later made into a musical by Bernard Taylor. In 2005, the Japanese violinist, Ikuko Kawai, composed an instrumental piece with the sub-title, Dear Heathcliff. Ted Hughes, the British poet   he was made poet laureate in 1984   wrote  Wuthering Heights  (published in the collection Birthday Letters), which was written after a visit to Emily s old home and her beloved moors with his wife, Sylvia Plath.    That climb A mile beyond expectation, into Emily s private Eden. The moor Lifted and opened its dark flower For you too. That was satisfactory. Wilder, maybe, than ever Emily knew it   Sylvia was American and a poet in her own right and was later to tragically commit suicide. She too wrote a very beautiful poem about Emily s nature.  There is no life higher than grasstops Or the hearts of sheep, and the wind Pours by like destiny, bending Everything in one direction   In 1932, the Polish artist, born in Paris in 1908, Balthus, a Surrealist, made sketches for Wuthering Heights, which were included in his one-man exhibitions. In contemporary times, the British artist, Rosalind Whitman, has created a series of etchings3 linking personal themes to dramatic episodes in Wuthering Heights. What an extraordinary range of artistic creation has come from this novel, which was, as Emily s sister Charlotte said,  hewn4 in a wild workshop, with simple tools, out of homely materials   3. etching: picture printed from an engraved piece of metal. 4. hewn (hew-hewed-hewed/hewn): cut out of rock, stone or another hard material in a rough way. 77 Carlisle Floyd Ikuko Kawai Ted Hughes Sylvia Plath Sketch by Balthus Etching by Rosalind Whitman 

Narrativa inglese, livello B2 intermedio. Il romanzo di Emily Brontë è considerato una delle più grandi opere della letteratura inglese.

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