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Helen MacEwan

    Helen MacEwan, traductrice et ancienne enseignante, porte une attention particulière aux figures littéraires et à leurs histoires. Son écriture explore en profondeur les vies et les œuvres d'auteurs, en mettant l'accent sur leur passage à Bruxelles et son influence. MacEwan mêle habilement détails historiques et perspectives personnelles, révélant des aspects méconnus des expériences d'écrivains. Sa prose adopte une approche curieuse, rapprochant l'histoire littéraire et ses répercussions des lecteurs avec une clarté captivante.

    The Brontes In Brussels
    Through Belgian Eyes
    Down The Belliard Steps
    Winifred Gerin
    • Winifred Gerin

      • 256pages
      • 9 heures de lecture
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      The biographer Winifred Gerin (1901-81), who wrote the lives of all four Bronte siblings, stumbled on her literary vocation on a visit to Haworth, after a difficult decade following the death of her first husband. On the same visit she met her second husband, a Bronte enthusiast twenty years her junior. Together they turned their backs on London to live within sight of the Parsonage, Gerin believing that full understanding of the Brontes required total immersion in their environment. Gerin's childhood and youth, like the Brontes', was characterised by a cultured home and intense imaginative life shared with her sister and two brothers, and by family tragedies (the loss of two siblings in early life). Strong cultural influences formed the children's polyglot parents, French history, the Crystal Palace, Old Vic productions. Winifred's years at Newnham College, Cambridge were enlivened by eccentric characters such as the legendary lecturer Quiller-Couch (Q'), LyttonStrachey's sister Perne

      Winifred Gerin
    • Down The Belliard Steps

      Discovering the Brontes in Brussels

      • 156pages
      • 6 heures de lecture

      The book explores the phenomenon of the Brussels Brontë Group, a gathering inspired by the works of the Brontë sisters that originated in Britain. It highlights the cultural exchange and enthusiasm for classic literature as individuals come together to discuss the themes, characters, and impact of the Brontë sisters' writings in a contemporary setting. The narrative captures the passion for literary discourse and the connections formed through shared appreciation of these iconic authors.

      Down The Belliard Steps
    • Charlotte Bronte's years in Belgium (1842-43) had a huge influence both on her life and her work. It was in Brussels that she not only honed her writing skills but fell in love and lived through the experiences that inspired two of her four novels: her first, The Professor, and her last and in many ways most interesting, Villette. Her feelings about Belgium are known from her novels and letters -- her love for her tutor Heger, her uncomplimentary remarks about Belgians, the powerful effect on her imagination of living abroad. But what about Belgian views of Charlotte Bronte? What has her legacy been in Brussels? How have Belgian commentators responded to her portrayal of their capital city and their society? 'Through Belgian Eyes' explores a wide range of responses from across the Channel, from the hostile to the enthusiastic. In the process, it examines what The Professor and Villette tell Belgian readers about their capital in the 1840s and provides a wealth of detail on the Brussels background to the two novels. Unlike Paris and London, Brussels has inspired few outstanding works of literature. That makes Villette, considered by many to be Charlotte Bronte's masterpiece, of particular interest as a portrait of the Belgian capital a decade after the country gained independence in 1830, and just before modernisation and expansion transformed the city out of all recognition from the 'villette' (small town) that Charlotte knew. Her view of Brussels is contrasted with those of other foreign visitors and of the Belgians themselves. The story of Charlotte Bronte's Brussels legacy provides a unique perspective on her personality and writing

      Through Belgian Eyes
    • The Bronts in Brussels is an account of Charlotte and Emily Bront's stay in Brussels in 1842-43. The Bronts' time in Belgium, five years before they became best-selling authors, is the least-known episode of their lives, but is a fascinating and important one. The book follows in the tracks of the sisters in Brussels, describing

      The Brontes In Brussels