Tag Archives: Tom Jones

Trump as a Sadistic Steinbeck Bully

As bully, Trump resembles Curley in “Of Mice and Men.” Recently Biden, like Lennie, struck back.

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Austen’s Revolutionary Style

Austen may have innovated a way to blend satire with romance as a way to protect us from heartbreak.

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Rom-Coms, Defense against Heartbreak

One way of seeing “Tom Jones” is as “valentine armor,” alternating between romance and light satire. As such, it saves us from broken hearts.

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Dying of a Broken Heart

The husband of a Uvalde shooting victim died of a broken heart. Henry Fielding mentions the sickness in “Tom Jones.”

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A Christian Attack on Toxic Masculinity

In “Sir Charles Grandison,” Richardson attacks toxic masculinity in ways that feel very modern.

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Johnson: Read the Bard, Not Tom Jones

I share the Samuel Johnson chapter from my book-in-progress.

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Will Trump Pay? Literature Is Unsure

Will Trump escape all accountability? Literature weighs in.

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Scott Atlas, a Fieldingesque Quack

Fielding’s jabs at quack doctors in “Tom Jones” are suddenly relevant again given Trump’s approach to the pandemic.

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Covid Costs Us Loved Ones’ Final Words

Among the many tragedies related to Covid is how family and friends are missing out on final words. Many literary works touch on the importance of this last encounter.

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