Tag Archives: Alice in Wonderland

“Alice” Shaped Joyce Carol Oates

By Robin Bates | Published: July 8, 2014

“Alice in Wonderland” is the book that changed the life of Joyce Carol Oates.

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Lewis Carroll’s Revolt against “Reality”

By Robin Bates | Published: March 12, 2014

“Alice in Wonderland” was Carroll’s protest against Victorian society.

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Using Fantasy to Take Back Time

By Robin Bates | Published: January 24, 2014

Fantasy appeals to us as we chafe against machine-imposed reality, including machine-imposed time.

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Scandal? Nothing but a Pack of Cards

By Robin Bates | Published: June 5, 2013

Like Lewis Carroll’s Queen of Hearts, GOP investigation committees want verdict first, trial afterwards.

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Sam Spade Gambles with the Filibuster

By Robin Bates | Published: March 8, 2013

Is the GOP filibuster like a Sam Spade-Kasper Gutman negotiation? Is Obama like the Queen of Hearts in his drone program?

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Romney and Ryan’s Gently Smiling Jaws

By Robin Bates | Published: August 20, 2012

Romney’s call for us to trust him on his taxes and policy specifics reminds me of Lewis Carroll’s “little crocodile.”

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Lit Explains Romney’s Off-Putting Laugh

By Robin Bates | Published: May 24, 2012

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

By Robin Bates | Published: March 1, 2012

Literary allusions are flying fast and free in this primary season.

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The Presidential Candidates in Wonderland

By Robin Bates | Published: December 8, 2011

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?

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