Great Expectations with Gillian Anderson

I'm hoping that we'll all be able to watch this adaptation except... perhaps those of us who have already seen it--"Magwitch-style" (and avoided transportation!).  Anyway, as you can see, the review is not entirely favorable... but adaptations do tell us as much about contemporary concerns as they do about an understanding of the original text.

http://tinyurl.com/Great-Expectations-BBC

Here's What Humbert Humbert Looks Like (as a Police Composite Sketch) - The Atlantic

Not completely apropos, but still incredibly neat.  This guy is using composite software and descriptions from books to render images of characters.  I am certain there is a way to add the appropriate vestments to Bill Sikes and Nancy, should Eric feel so compelled.  :)

Here's What Humbert Humbert Looks Like (as a Police Composite Sketch) - The Atlantic

Additional resources

I am certain it will come to no one's surprise that I belong to the Dickens' Listserv.  Also, I know that there are a myriad of research options for Dickens.  However, if you find that you are looking for something in particular, and more recent, let me know because I have the emails archived and can do a search through them.  However, I cannot do a search of them in the 11th hour before the paper is due - at least not for you, as I will probably be doing my own search.  :)

Just an offer!

liz

Adrienne Rich

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2012/03/adrienne-rich.html

Oldest Film of a Dickens Character

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/bre82800k-us-dickens-film/

Thought you all may find this interesting! :-)

Em

The murder that I was thinking of in class--that deeply influence Collins, Braddon, and even Dickens was the "Road Hill Murder" (1860) in which a little child was brutally and mysteriously murdered. The ostensible murderer (who confessed), was the 16 year old Constance Kent (1844-1944), though suspicion has fallen on a number of other individuals.  The case was pursued by Jonathan Whicher of Scotland Yard... and the story has been retold in 2008 in Kate Summerscale's The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or The Murder at Road Hill House.  (See: http://tinyurl.com/RoadHillMurder)


Alan