In which I examine disruptive desire in 12th Night, Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Romeo and Juliet.
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Disruptive Desire in Shakespeare
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Dreaming about Ozma of Oz
After reading my post on how we can examine our favorite children’s classics to gain self insight, my colleague Barbara Beliveau in the St. Mary’s economics department mentioned how much she enjoyed L. Frank Baum’s second Oz book, entitled The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904), when she was growing up. This was always my favorite […]
Biology and Poetry Love Gender Diversity
After a week of discussing how literature can help us handle anger and violence, I return to Twelfth Night and the slippery issue of gender identity. This too is grabbing national headlines these days (what a time we find ourselves in!) as Americans battle over same sex marriage, “don’t ask don’t tell,” and other concerns […]
