“Alice in Wonderland” is the book that changed the life of Joyce Carol Oates.
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Lewis Carroll’s Revolt against “Reality”
“Alice in Wonderland” was Carroll’s protest against Victorian society.
Using Fantasy to Take Back Time
Fantasy appeals to us as we chafe against machine-imposed reality, including machine-imposed time.
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Lit Explains Romney’s Off-Putting Laugh
Lewis Carroll, Kundera, and Dostoevsky help us understand why Mitt Romney’s laugh makes us nervous.
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Campaign 2012: Assorted Lit Allusions
Literary allusions are flying fast and free in this primary season.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Herman Melville, John Bunyan, Lewis Carroll, Moby Dick, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Pilgrim's Progress, Presidential campaign, Scarlet Letter, William Blake Comments closed
The Presidential Candidates in Wonderland
Should we dismiss all the rhetoric coming from the Republican presidential candidates as the gryphon in “Alice in Wonderland” dismisses the “off with their heads” commands of the Queen of Hearts?
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Golf Links", "Hollow Men", Cleghorn (Sarah), Lewis Carroll, politics, Republicans, Sarah Cleghorn, T. S. Eliot Comments closed
