Tag Archives: Election 2012

To Win Ohio, Read the Rabbit Books

By Robin Bates | Published: November 20, 2012

Updike’s “Rabbit” novels hold a key to understanding the independent voter.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 13, 2012

Tobias Smollett’s depiction in “Humphry Clinker” of different perspectives on social change is relevant today.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 9, 2012

It proved easy to apply the election to Toni Morrison and Jane Austen in my classes.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 8, 2012

“Song of Solomon,” one of Obama’s favorite books, yield important insights into him and his African American supporters.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 7, 2012

Lit to caution election night winners and bolster election night losers.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 6, 2012

Responding to election day loss, will we be calm like Henry Fielding or in agony like Grendel?

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By Robin Bates | Published: November 5, 2012

“Beowulf” teaches us that rewarding extremism encourages rather than moderates it. The GOP should not therefore be rewarded with the presidency.

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By Robin Bates | Published: November 3, 2012

Political campaigns have come to be seen as competing narratives, providing those who understand fiction with special insight.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 2, 2012

In his evasiveness and malleability, Romney resembles the Greek sea god Proteus.

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