Alison’s Bechdel time and again turns to literature in her memoir to understand her upbringing.
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Tag Archives: Henry James
Bechdel Uses Lit to Understand Her Life
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Belichick Ranks with Lit’s Great Plotters
Coach Bill Belichick resembles the nefarious plotters in such works as “Portrait of a Lady” and “Liaisons Dangereuses.”
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Why the Wealthy Get Wealthier
Thomas Piketty turns to Jane Austen and Honoré de Balzac to analyze “Capitalism in the 21st Century.”
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Top 10 Parent-Child Classics (Positive)
A top ten list of classics with positive depictions of parent-child relationships.
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Turn Life into a Great Jamesian Novel
Philosopher Nancy Nussbaum, drawing on Henry James, shows how the creative imagination is also a moral imagination.
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Lit’s 10 Strongest Female Characters
Who are literature’s ten strongest female characters? Here’s my list.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged As You Like It, Charlotte Bronte, Daneil Defoe, Doll's House, Geoffrey Chaucer, Henrik Ibsen, Jane Austen, Jane Eyre, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, Mansfield Park, Moll Flanders, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Portrait of a Lady, Scarlet Letter, Wife of Bath, William Shakespeare Comments closed
Women, You Don’t Have to Do It All
In a recent talk at St. Mary’s, author Elsa Walsh counseled young people to strive for “a good enough life.”
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Roger Ebert’s Kinship with Whitman
In reflecting on death and dying, Roger Ebert turned to literature rather than to film.
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Great Political Novels Not Agenda Driven
Great political novels are rich in spiritual attitude. Poor ones are agenda driven.
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