Tag Archives: Charles Dickens

GOP Politicians as Dickens Villains

Certain GOP pols are behaving like Dickens villains when it comes to the poor.

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Sir Gawain and the Winter Solstice

“Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” pits paganism’s Winter Solstice against Christmas. But reconciliation is possible.

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Pachinko and the Miracle of Teaching

Min Jin Lee’s “Pachinko” has a scene that goes to the heart of literature teaching.

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The Social Novel Tackles Our Dilemmas

Maureen Corrigan says the social awareness novel is thriving and gives reasons.

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Best of Times or Worst of Times?

The opening lines of “Tale of Two Cities” capture our reality only too well.

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Fani Willis’s Big Baggy Monster

The Georgia Trump indictment is like a “big baggy monster” whereas Jack Smith’s narrower indictment is like a Flaubert novel.

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Some in GOP Love Child Labor

Some in the GOP want to bring back child labor. Kingsolver, Dickens and Browning weigh in on the subject.

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Dickens’s Evolving View of Christmas

Dickens didn’t so much invent Christmas–or even reinvent it–as supercharge it. “A Christmas Carol” was key in the endeavor.

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Irresponsible Coal Companies

Coal miner owners have been leaving behind messes for others to clean up. Dickens reports something similar in “Hard Times.”

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