Great fantasy can always be seen as oppositional, pushing against prevailing modes of thought and opening up portals into new human possibilities.
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Tag Archives: Bacchae
How Fantasy Saves Our Souls
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Age of Reason, Don Quixote, Enlightenment, Euripides, fantasy, Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Miguel de Cervantes, Scientific Revolution, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Tracks Comments closed
Sexual Misconduct in the Classics
A sexual misconduct course required of all employees got me thinking of problematic situations in the books that I teach.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "The Lover: A Ballad", "Written in a Lady's Prayer Book", Aphra Behn, Charlotte Bronte, Euripides, Henry Fielding, Jane Austen, Jane Eyre, John Wilmot, Lucille Clifton, Rape, Rover, Sense and Sensibility, sexual assault, sexual harassment, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Tom Jones Comments closed
Hydrocarbons Unleash an Angry God
Euripides’ “The Bacchae” can be read as a parable of climate change denialism.
Female Freedom Drives Right Crazy
Euripides “The Bacchae” well describes rightwing legislators obsessed with abortion.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Abortion, Euripides, reproductive rights, right to life Comments closed
JFK as Ancient Greek Hero
Ancient Greek literature provides us with a power lens through which to examine the John F. Kennedy assassination.
A Cancer Patient Reads “The Bacchae”
One of my students, suffering from cancer, has an exciting interpretation of Euripides’ “The Bacchae.”
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged cancer, conservatism, Euripides, liberalism, teaching Comments closed
GOP vs. Women = Pentheus vs. Bacchae
Euripides helps understand the right wing’s attack on women’s reproductive rights.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Euripides, Planned Parenthood, reproductive rights, war on women Comments closed