A new Brontë-related Ph.D. thesis in Spanish:
by Paloma Ríos Prieto Advisor: Ana Isabel Zamorano Rueda
UNED, 2026
La tesis doctoral que se presenta en este documento pretende ofrecer una panorámica completa de la producción literaria de la escritora del siglo XIX Anne Brontë para demostrar que el tipo de voz, discurso y los enunciados que la autora va empleando progresivamente a lo largo de la vida. Su trayectoria literaria comenzó como escritora de composiciones poéticas contextualizadas en un universo de ficción denominado Gondal y continuó con una poesía confesional que le sirvió como instrumento para expresar todo tipo de sentimientos, ilustrando una proyección autobiográfica de la interioridad, de su yo más íntimo y personal. Mientras que la voz y el discurso inicial de la escritora se focaliza en una atracción por el mundo de la fantasía, la aventura, la sensibilidad por el paisaje y la naturaleza que la rodeaba, su crecimiento personal se corresponde con la evolución o maduración en su discurso, presentando en la poesía que no pertenece a su universo de ficción un discurso aún más intimista, introspectivo y de autoexploración confesional en el que destaca el análisis de la fe o el sentido general de la vida. La escritura de Anne Brontë también comprende un ensayo dialogado entre dos personajes no identificados conocido como Brotherton Manuscript en el que la autora presenta el debate entre la razón y la fe en relación con el origen de la Tierra. Por otro lado, en las dos novelas, Agnes Grey y The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, publicadas con menos de un año de diferencia, predomina el discurso moral y social, pero fundamentalmente didáctico para reformar situaciones de desventaja social y legal para las mujeres y los niños del siglo XIX. Si la voz de la escritora Anne Brontë comenzó con una predilección por la fantasía, terminará sus últimas líneas con un discurso de realismo social con dimensión feminista que la convierte en una figura pionera en el pensamiento de reforma social que resuena incluso hoy en día. La problemática en torno a la figura y obra de Anne Brontë reside en la escasez de documentos de primera mano que se conservan de ella, en la abundancia de leyendas que la han situado en una posición periférica en relación con sus hermanas, además del proceso de censura e incluso silenciamiento que su obra ha tenido hasta el último tercio del siglo XX. Esta investigación aspira a recuperar la voz de Anne Brontë tanto en su producción poética como en la narrativa, revisando de igual manera, la evolución que ha habido en la crítica literaria con el objetivo final de contribuir en el proceso de reconocimiento literario que su obra merece. La difusión y visibilidad independiente de Anne Brontë como pensadora adelantada a su tiempo se hace necesaria para reconocer y valorar su contribución en la mejora de las condiciones sociales, económicas y legales para las personas pero de manera más específica para los niños y las mujeres. Este estudio espera ser una contribución relevante en el conocimiento científico en el campo de los estudios de género en España, al no existir ninguna tesis doctoral centrada de manera exclusiva en la obra y figura de la escritora Anne Brontë.
Just Watch officially declares that ' Wuthering Heights Is No Longer This Year's Most Provocative Film'. Move over, Cathy and Heathcliff, we've got a new band of controversial characters to dissect and discuss as we move into the second half of 2026. Should audiences be careful what they wish for? From the moment of its release on Valentine's Day this year, Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights sold a lot of tickets on the promise of A-lister debauchery, but many fans left the cinema a little disappointed with the level of spice. Perhaps it was fate, perhaps it was creative programming, but a far more provocative movie was premiering at the Berlin Film Festival that very same night: Rosebush Pruning. (Rory O'Connor)
Apart from Haworth's Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever, today will also see the same event at Clevedon's Marine Lake and Bristol's College Green, as reported by BBC: Dozens of Kate Bush fans are celebrating her most famous song, Wuthering Heights, with a recreation of the dance from the music video. Dubbed "the most Wuthering Heights day ever", the event at Clevedon's Marine Lake and Bristol's College Green raises money for the charity SARSAS (Somerset and Avon Rape and Sexual Abuse Support). The event will take place today, ahead of the singer's birthday on 30 July. "It's enormous fun learning the dance, it's a real challenge as it's not straightforward, and it's not just for the ladies, we welcome everybody," said organiser Bridget Pairaudeau from Bristol. The Clevedon event is believed to be the only one where dancers celebrate on land and in the water at the same time. Last year, the event raised just over £1,000 for SARSAS. "They were delighted that we danced for them," said Pairaudeau. (Jonathan Holmes)
Conciencia (Mexico) has an article on Emily Brontë with a picture of Charlotte Brontë.
A couple of recent Indian scholarly Brontë-related papers: Dr. Suvam Nath SharmaDrishti : the Sight # Vol.- XV, Issue - I (May, 2026-October, 2026), pp 122-126
The Brontë novels possess canonical status because they refuse exhausted historical meaning and maintain resistance to singular interpretation across generations. Reading the Brontë canon through the lens of weird fiction and contemporary theory reveals how these works systematically dismantle Victorian moral certainties and domesticity’s illusory stability. Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë wrote texts that expose moral nihilism as an affective condition wherein established ethical frameworks prove radically inadequate to comprehend human experience and desire. Rather than offering reassurance, these novels stage the eruption of the numinous within domestic interiors supposedly secured by convention. Heathcliff’s demonic force, Bertha Mason’s mônstrum-like presence, and Helen’s recognition of her husband’s fundamental vacancy all constitute manifestations of this numinous threat that dissolves selfhood’s boundaries. Reconsidering the Brontë canon through weird fiction’s diagnostic apparatus illuminates how Victorian comfort depends upon elaborate denial and repression of forces that exceed rational explanation and moral categorization. The permanence of moral chaos and numinous danger in these works constitutes their enduring philosophical wisdom for contemporary readers who inhabit moments of ideological hardening and moral certainty. Women, Autonomy, and Resistance in Victorian Fiction: A Study of Jane Eyre
Pallavi Bhardwaj. Ritu Sharma and Simran Kamboj
Journal of Technical Education, Vol. 49 Special Issue No. 1 April 2026, p. 116
Victorian literature frequently reflects the rigid gender hierarchies embedded within nineteenth-century British0 society. This paper explores the theme of women’s autonomy and resistance in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë within the socio-cultural framework of Victorian England. The novel critiques patriarchal authority and redefineswomanhood through a protagonist who asserts moral, emotional, and economic independence. Through an examination of Jane’s psychological development and key narrative moments, the study argues that Jane Eyre anticipates feminist thought and serves as a foundational text in Victorian feminist discourse.
All you need to evoke Wuthering Heights is a bit of mist. That's the conclusion of what we read in British Vogue: Wuthering Heights And Bella Hadid Both Played A Part In This Couple’s Dorset Wedding. (...) The couple were married at St Peter’s Church in Knowle at 1.30pm on 20 June. “The weather wasn’t quite what we’d imagined,” she remembers. “We’re such summer people, which is why we chose the summer solstice. Instead, we woke up to the most incredible mist, which did give the start of the day a romantic, atmospheric feel. It was very Wuthering Heights." (Rebecca Cope)
The Times picks four children's books to read now:
Witch Light by Zohra Nabi As the Emily Brontë quote at the beginning makes clear, we're in the wild, wuthering world of the gothic imagination. (Lucy Bennerman)
The specific quote is: “In winter nothing more dreary, in summer nothing more divine, than those glens shut in by hills, and those bluff, bold swells of heath.” (Wuthering Heights, Chapter 32) My favourite adult classics also feature picturesque countryside and sprawling mansions but are a tad bleaker: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. Both gothic thrillers about a marriage doomed by a dark past. Tom's Guide alerts that Wuthering Heights 1939 is leaving the HBO Max platform at the end of July: Though the black-and-white romantic drama depicts only half of Brontë's Gothic classic and eliminates all of the second-generation characters (sorry kids!), it's widely acclaimed for its lush, deliciously melodramatic treatment of the source material. (Christina Izzo) Haworth Best known as the home of the Brontë sisters, Haworth combines literary heritage with breathtaking moorland scenery. Its cobbled main street is lined with independent shops, tearooms and galleries, while nearby Penistone Hill Country Park and the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway offer plenty to explore beyond the village. (Daniel Smith)
Today's special report shows how films such as Emerald Fennell's adaptation of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights have fuelled interest in visits to Yorkshire, whose beautiful moorlands were so central to its cinematography. Mental Floss lists some of the "most devastating love confessions in literature". Wuthering Heights is in there: "He is more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same." Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights. (Selection by Logan DeLoye)
Well, there are many Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever events all across the globe. But there is only one in Haworth. And it happens tomorrow, July 26:
Sunday, July 26, 202611:00 AM – 1:30 PM (Check-in at 10:30 AM) The Old Cricket Pavilion (Penistone Hill Country Park) (Main dance performance & practice) Parson's Field (Next to Brontë Parsonage Museum) (After-party and post-dance picnic)
Join us for day like no other ... a celebration of all things Wuthering Heights, Kate Bush and Emily Brontë in the stunning setting of the Haworth moors Learn the steps and wavy arm movements, with help from our dance leaders, and join in the mass dance with hundreds of other "Kate's" from around the country and the world! Become a Kate for the day - long red dress, flowing wind-tossed hair, singing out passionately to the elements Enjoy musical and poetic tributes to the song, its singer, its setting and the book which inspired it Hear a poem composed by Kate Bush herself for Emily Brontë's birthday Help us raise funds to protect this iconic landscape to inspire generations of Kate's and Emily's to come.
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