Tag Archives: Henry James

Why the Wealthy Get Wealthier

By Robin Bates | Published: July 22, 2014

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)

By Robin Bates | Published: March 25, 2014

A top ten list of classics with positive depictions of parent-child relationships.

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Turn Life into a Great Jamesian Novel

By Robin Bates | Published: March 19, 2014

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

By Robin Bates | Published: September 9, 2013

Who are literature’s ten strongest female characters? Here’s my list.

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Women, You Don’t Have to Do It All

By Robin Bates | Published: April 10, 2013

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

By Robin Bates | Published: April 7, 2013

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

By Robin Bates | Published: September 27, 2012

Great political novels are rich in spiritual attitude. Poor ones are agenda driven.

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