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Will UK One Day “Rue” Brexit?

With Brexit, Britain ignores Donne’s contention that “no man is an island.” Irish poet Ian Duhig has a smart poem about the coming withdrawal.

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An Irish Poet Blasts Brexit

Tuesday When The Irish Times interviewed several Irish authors about Brexit, one of them responded with a lyric. In dark and confusing times, poetry steps up. It makes sense that Irish authors would weigh in since the Emerald Isle, especially Northern Ireland, has more at stake than almost anyone else. The border between the two […]

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Brexit or Never Let Me Go?

Tuesday I see there is a glimmer of hope in the United Kingdom (albeit a very tiny one) as Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has dropped his opposition to a second referendum on Brexit, even though he himself supposedly wants out. This means that a possibility at least exists that Brits can reverse their catastrophic, […]

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Brexit Caused by Stiff-Necked Pride?

Tuesday Like many, I have been watching Britain’s Brexit disaster with a mixture of horror and sadness. For outsiders like me, the solution seems obvious: have another referendum, this time without Russian interference, and see if the country really wants to leave the European Union. Polls suggest that some Brexiteers are suffering from buyer’s remorse […]

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Ishiguro Anticipated Brexit, Trump

Recently Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro anticipated the return of tribal hatreds in the developed world.

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The “Buried Giant” of Fascism Stirs

Kazuo Ishiguro’s fantasy novel “The Buried Giant” works as a fairy tale parable of the shakiness of the European Union and the rise of rightwing parties.

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Kipling Perfectly Describes Brexiteers

A “Guardian” article applies Rudyard Kipling’s poem “Dead Statesman” to those irresponsible politicians who brought about Brexit. The poem applies equally well to Donald Trump.

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With Brexit, UK Betrayed Spirit of Chaucer

Brexit violates everything that Geoffrey Chaucer, Britain’s quintessential poet, stood for.

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Donne vs. Brexit: No Nation Is an Island

Donne’s “no man is an island” essay–Meditation 17–can be read as a commentary on the inadvisability of a British exit from the European Union (Brexit).

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