http://www.twilightlexicon.com/2007/02/09/the-q-a-from-the-february-2007-byu-symposium/ A Twilight Saga Fansite Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:31:00 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.twilightlexicon.com/2007/02/09/the-q-a-from-the-february-2007-byu-symposium/comment-page-1/#comment-203246 Forks High School Professor · Understanding ‘Twilight:’ The Book vs The Saga Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:02:10 +0000 http://www.twilightlexicon.com/2007/02/09/the-q-a-from-the-february-2007-byu-symposium/#comment-203246 [...] Mrs. Meyer likes to say the first book has Pride and Prejudice for its story scaffolding “loosely” and this is credible; if the Edward’s Darcy moments and Bella’s time as a Bennet are brief, they are meaningful (the first biology class, their first cafeteria ‘double standards’ conversation, etc.). New Moon and Eclipse, though they have much more obvious story structure and plot-point links to Romeo and Juliet and Wuthering Heights lack Twilight’s literature reference shadings. [...] [...] Mrs. Meyer likes to say the first book has Pride and Prejudice for its story scaffolding “loosely” and this is credible; if the Edward’s Darcy moments and Bella’s time as a Bennet are brief, they are meaningful (the first biology class, their first cafeteria ‘double standards’ conversation, etc.). New Moon and Eclipse, though they have much more obvious story structure and plot-point links to Romeo and Juliet and Wuthering Heights lack Twilight’s literature reference shadings. [...]

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