Kavanagh’s inspiring poem about labor leader Jim Larkin describes a man who got men to think outside of conventional boundaries.
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An Inspiring Poem for an Inspiring Leader
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The False God of Christian Nationalists
Christian nationalists, as Milton would note, worship power, not the god of love.
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Verbal Combat Trumps Soft Romance
Shaw contributed some great plays to the feuding couples comedy genre, including Man and Superman and Pygmalion.
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Couples Fighting: It Must Be Love
Tuesday I read plays all day yesterday with an eye toward an upcoming class on “Battling Couples in Theatre and Film (the Comic Version).” The September course is part of Sewanee’s “Lifelong Learning” series. As the course runs for four weeks, I will teach four plays and four movies, pairing a play with a film […]
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Pope Francis as Shaw’s St. Joan
Christianity is all very well in its place, but when Pope Francis comes to America counseling a dismantling of capitalism, he gets the same response that Joan of Arc does in “St. Joan.”
It’s Not Always More Blessed to Give
Trollope, Shaw, and Lawrence can be seen as wrestling with the merits of self sacrifice.
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Unemployment & “the Undeserving Poor”
Are those who will lose unemployment insurance tomorrow deserving or undeserving of support? George Bernard Shaw has something to say about that.
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