Monthly Archives: February 2013

Correct & Incorrect Uses of Pity

By Robin Bates | Published: February 19, 2013

Escaped slave Harriet Jacobs, grasping the treacherous nature of pity, taught readers how to properly use it.

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On Supply Side and Self Deception

By Robin Bates | Published: February 18, 2013

In Wycherley’s “Country Wife,” the entire society grasps at an implausible story to sustain its self deception. Sounds like the GOP and supply side economics.

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Love, a Bulwark against Desolation

By Robin Bates | Published: February 17, 2013

Toni Morrison expands St. Paul’s vision of love to include erotic love.

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LeBron Toys with Foes as Gods with Lear

By Robin Bates | Published: February 16, 2013

Lebron James is to opponents as the gods are to King Lear.

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Justice’s Alimentary Imperative

By Robin Bates | Published: February 15, 2013

Alexander Pope understood that justice is best served on a full stomach.

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How Do You Like Love? All Ways

By Robin Bates | Published: February 14, 2013

Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” is the perfect play for Valentine’s Day.

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Captain Nemo Invades New England

By Robin Bates | Published: February 13, 2013

Snowstorm Nemo set in conjunction with Joyce’s “The Dead” leads to some interesting reflections.

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Can Literature Stop Drone Attacks?

By Robin Bates | Published: February 12, 2013

Why does a president well versed in literature and philosophy engage in targeted assassinations?

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GOP, Obama Have Both Created Monsters

By Robin Bates | Published: February 11, 2013

Karl Rove and Barack Obama have both “created monsters” (in the Tea Party and drone strikes respectively). Mary Shelley would understand.

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