Breaking Dawn opens tomorrow! Get reading!

November 17, 2011 by 2 Comments

So, just in case you are heading out to the midnight showing tonight, here are a few more favorite Twilight posts to get you ready!
Here is the link to the podcast we did with The Twilight News Site last summer.
Here is the post on my work with Twilight and History.

One of my favorites from our Jane Eyre Group read last winter.
My review of Eclipse last year (review of Breaking Dawn will be forthcoming, although I only watch movies at midnight if they are on while I’m rocking a sick child back to sleep…)

If you want to review all the bigger posts about Bella and Edward that have appeared at this site and ForksHighSchoolProfessor.com, then go to the big round-up page and settle in for some fun reading!
And, of course, make sure you have a copy of our own John Granger’s AWESOME guide to the deeper meaning in Meyer’s work: Spotlight!

See you at the movies (or not, as the case may be)

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Breaking Dawn Movie Countdown Continues!

November 14, 2011 by 1 Comment

If you need a little break from the Hunger Games News, here’s the latest installment on our countdown to the Breaking Dawn movie release Friday! Don’t forget to let us know if there are other posts you’d like to see!

On Critical Reception of Harry Potter and Twilight Part 7: What the Critics missed (A: Surface)

On Critical Reception of Harry Potter and Twilight Part 8: What the Critics missed (B: Moral)

On Critical Reception of Harry Potter and Twilight Part 9: What the Critics missed (C: Allegorical)

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Breaking Dawn Movie Countdown 2

November 10, 2011 by 1 Comment

Here are the links for three more in our previous series on the critical reception of Twlight. Enjoy our countdown as we get ready for the first part of the Breaking Dawn film next week, and be sure to let us know if there are old posts you’d like us to resurrect!
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6

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Breaking Dawn Part 1 Blog Re-Cap Countdown

November 8, 2011 by 2 Comments

Back in the summer, as we were feverishly preparing for the last installment of Harry Potter films, we visited the vault of great old posts and dusted off some of the best ones for getting our thoughts ready for the movie. As Breaking Dawn part 1 hits theaters next week, we’re a little slow on this one (the Hunger Games movie news has been pretty consuming, and of course, we’re getting ready for the James Madison conference this week). So anyhoo, here, better late than never, are links to some of the best commentary we’ve had here on the last (but not last written) book of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga. We’ll post more throughout the week, including my reviews of the previous two films, but if you have old friends you’d like us to carry up from the vaults, just let us know, and we’ll ring up Griphook.
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Breaking Dawn, Part 1: 5 Weeks Until the Movie Opening

October 12, 2011 by 15 Comments

For more on the new Twilight movie, go to TwilightNewsSite.com, your one-stop source for Twilight news and commentary.

We will, of course, be discussing the meaning of Breaking Dawn here, to include why ‘Part 1’ is best understood as its own book, its alchemical meaning, and why it comes ‘before’ Eclipse in several senses. Not to mention commentary on how Twilight criticism in the mainstream media continues to miss the boat — and why Spotlight continues to be the best guide to thinking on the artistry and meaning of the series.

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