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Criticism from 1920s:

Criticism from 1950s (by Arnold Kettle):

This sentiment, that the two world wars makes Heathcliff’s evil more believable than it was before, is fascinating. Reminds me of that famous quote (I think it was by Hannah Arendt) about how world wars brought already-existing violent practices of European colonialism practiced elsewhere to Europe itself and that shocked Europeans.

Also important here is Susan Meyer’s thesis that what Heathcliff is doing to Earnshaws and Lintons is “reverse colonialism” in a symbolic form.

Fascinating stuff.

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From the 1920 book The Symbolism of Wuthering Heights by Colman Kavanagh

I find it interesting that Christian readings of Wuthering Heights frequently go with the “Heathcliff is Mr. Earnshaw’s son” reading (as we can also see in this post). It is like all this family tragedy can’t stem from charity, no, it has to be adultery that poisoned the well.

I am not saying that all Christian interpretations of the novel go with this theory and nor am I saying that everyone who believes in the “Heathcliff is Mr. Earnshaw’s son” theory is doing a Christian reading, and I am not even saying that the theory is invalid (it is valid if you accept that it is just one interpretation among many), I am just saying that there is a pattern.

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