The alt-right is trying to drag the Greek and Roman classics into culture wars again. Classicists are well positioned to fight back.
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A Teacher, Lit, & a Jailed Student
In “Reading with Patrick,” English teacher Michelle Kuo works with a student in 8th grade and then later after he has killed a man. The story brings up questions about lit’s impact.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Song of Myself", C. S. Lewis, Gilead, Hansberry (Lorraine), Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Lorraine Hansberry, Marilynne Robinson, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, poverty, Prison, Raisin in the Sun, Walt Whitman Comments closed
Lit’s Contribution to the Civil War
If the Civil War was brought on by a combination of pity and politics, literature helped build the case for pity.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Civil War, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Jacobs, Heritage Foundation, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Jim DeMint, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Uncle Tom's Cabin Comments closed
