![]() “We all know the answer to that, and anyone who doesn’t isn’t fit to make the decision or have any role in the governance of the Brontë Society.Ĭole, who has worked on literary campaigns, told the Guardian on Thursday: “Emily Brontë, whose extraordinary novel Wuthering Heights has stirred the world for over 150 years, published her work under an androgynous pseudonym: Ellis Bell. ![]() ![]() “What would Emily Brontë think if she found that the role of chief ‘artist’ and organiser in her celebratory year was a supermodel?” Holland wrote on his website. But in an online article and in a comment to the Times, Brontë Society member and author Nick Holland said he would resign over Cole’s appointment, which he called “rank farce”. But there have been several clashes between modernists and traditionalists over the group’s position in the 21st century, with both sides fighting over how best to promote the Brontës to new readers.Ĭole, an actor and model who has a double first in History of Art from Cambridge, was chosen to be a “creative partner” in the society, as part of marking the bicentenary year of Emily Brontë’s birth. The Brontë Society promotes “the Brontës’ literary legacy within contemporary society” and runs the Brontë Parsonage Museum in the Yorkshire village of Haworth, where the family lived. ![]() ![]() Lily Cole has responded to criticism of her appointment to the Brontë Society, asking that her work be “judged on its own merits” as one member’s decision to resign over her role was widely criticised as snobbery. ![]()
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