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Vlad’s Black Riders, Trump’s Tell-Tale Heart

By Robin Bates | Published: April 3, 2024

Recent literature citations by opinion writers include “Lord of the Rings,” “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “The Tell-Tale Heart.”

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Irving’s Xmas Essays Influenced Dickens

By Robin Bates | Published: December 25, 2016

While Charles Dickens deserves much of the credit for our modern Christmas, he himself was heavily influenced by Washington Irving essays written when he was a boy. Irving describes a Christmas he witnessed while visiting rural England.

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Lost in America – A Van Winkle Moment

By Robin Bates | Published: March 14, 2012

Patrick Logan, freelance writer and regular reader of this blog, sent me a marvelous essay about cultural dislocation that he wrote for the Manchester Union Leader. (I’ve made reference to previous articles that Patrick has written here). Patrick uses the famous Washington Irving story abut Rip Van Winkle to process his own shock when, returning […]

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