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Tag Archives: Charles Dickens
Parental Rule #1: Respect Your Child
“David Copperfield” enjoins us to respect the interiority of children.
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Novels for When We Need Them the Most
I read “David Copperfield” before entering high school. I didn’t know that it would anticipate some of my unhappy experiences there.
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Are There No Emergency Rooms?
Scrooge asks, “Are there no workhouses?” Today’s GOP asks, “Are there no emergency rooms?”
Compassion for the Poor Is Not Enough
Speaking with the head as well as the heart against oppressive class conditions is necessary in novels as in public policy.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged austerity budgeting, Charles Chestnutt, Christmas Carol, Clansman, Economics, Paul Ryan, recession, Thomas Dixon Comments closed
Gradgrind Takes Over English Classes
The new Common Core State Standards are pushing literature out of English classes.
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Joe Biden Debates Bounderby
In last night’s, Joe Biden found himself up against a modern-day version of Dickens’ Bounderby from “Hard Times.”
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