In Thomas Hardy’s version of Mary, she’s a mother wondering whether her son is mad.
Monthly Archives: May 2015
“Is My Son Mad?” Mary Asks
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A “Greatest Generation” Vet Reflects
In the reminiscence about his World War II experiences, my father finds it difficult to capture what it was really like
Lear: Finding Love in Adversity
Both “Doctor Faustus” and “King Lear” teach us the silver lining in adversity, “Faustus” in a negative way, “Lear” in a positive.
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Why Baltimore Blacks Are Down and Out
Black poverty in Baltimore has racial causes that are invisible to most people. Dickens would understand.
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Chaucer’s Squire Meets Tennyson’s May Queen
Love is in the May air. As I look at the College students hand in hand, I think of the men as Chaucerian squires, the women as Tennysonian May queens.
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What Happens to a Dream Deferred?
Langston Hughes puts his finger on Baltimore’s black anger in “Justice” and “Harlem.”
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Political Consultants Should Read Lit
Which literary works would you recommend to a political consultant to stay in touch with his or her soul and avoid becoming lost in the dark side? How about Hawthorne, Melville, Shakespeare, Pinter, and Terrence McNally?
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Jesus as the New Dionysus
Parallels between Dionysus and Christ are clearly drawn in Michael Cacoyannis’s translation of “The Bacchae.”
Whitman, Melville & Abolitionism
Walt Whitman and Herman Melville’s revolutionary visions of egalitarian societies shaped how Abolitionists thought about America’s potential.
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