Episode 124 -- Wuthering Heights

About this episode

Adrian and Moira discuss the gender politics of Wuthering Heights and its recent film adaptation.

Last week, Adrian and Moira went to the movies and watched director Emerald Fennell's version of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights (trailer here ). In this episode they explore the gender politics of the novel, of this adaptation and what it says about the fate of romance fiction in the 2020s. Here are some of the texts we refer to in the discussion or used in preparing for it: Elizabeth Hardwick, " Working Girls: The Brontës " Georges Bataille, " Literature and Evil " Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar, " The Madwoman in the Attic "

People in this episode

Hosts: Adrian Daub, Moira Donegan

Topics covered

• gender politics
• romance fiction
• Wuthering Heights
• film adaptation
• 2020s literature

Keywords

• Wuthering Heights
• Emerald Fennell
• gender politics
• romance fiction
• 2020s literature

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Wuthering Heights, Working Girls: The Brontës, Literature and Evil, The Madwoman in the Attic

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