Tag Archives: Charles Dickens

I Have Found My Sheep that Was Lost

By Robin Bates | Published: September 15, 2013

Dickens draws on the parable of the lost sheep in shaping “David Copperfield.”

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By Robin Bates | Published: August 26, 2013

In the face of death, poetry stands as a bulwark against dissolution, chaos, and madness.

By Robin Bates | Published: August 23, 2013

Dickinson, Coleridge and Dickens come to mind as we await the moment of my father’s death.

By Robin Bates | Published: August 14, 2013

“David Copperfield” enjoins us to respect the interiority of children.

By Robin Bates | Published: August 12, 2013

I read “David Copperfield” before entering high school. I didn’t know that it would anticipate some of my unhappy experiences there.

By Robin Bates | Published: August 7, 2013

Scrooge asks, “Are there no workhouses?” Today’s GOP asks, “Are there no emergency rooms?”

By Robin Bates | Published: August 6, 2013

Speaking with the head as well as the heart against oppressive class conditions is necessary in novels as in public policy.

By Robin Bates | Published: December 12, 2012

The new Common Core State Standards are pushing literature out of English classes.

By Robin Bates | Published: October 12, 2012

In last night’s, Joe Biden found himself up against a modern-day version of Dickens’ Bounderby from “Hard Times.”