Tag Archives: Henry V

The Liberal Arts Will Not Die

By Robin Bates | Published: October 5, 2016

Thursday My colleague Jeff Hammond, a national authority on Puritan poetry and a much lauded writer of reflective essays, recently gave a stirring defense of the liberal arts for our parents-alumni weekend. Jeff’s observations dovetail very nicely with Percy Shelley’s Defence of Poetry, which I happen to be teaching at the moment. Watching poetry getting […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Defence of Poetry, Iliad, Jeffrey Hammond, Liberal Arts, Odyssey, William Shakespeare | Comments closed

V-E Day, Whitman, and My 15 Minutes

By Robin Bates | Published: May 9, 2013

My 15 minutes: during Slovenia’s 1995 V-E Day celebration I read Walt Whitman to a national television audience.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "Oh Captain My Captain", Slovenia, VE Day, Walt Whitman, William Shakespeare | Comments closed

Shakespeare Was Mandela’s Lifeline

By Robin Bates | Published: December 27, 2012

A copy of Shakespeare’s works that circulated through apartheid-era prisons shows the Bard providing solace for the prisoners.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Antigone, Merchant of Venice, Nelson Mandela, Shakespeare in the prisons, Sophocles, Tempest, William Shakespeare | Comments closed

Cruz Comes Out, the Bard Would Approve

By Robin Bates | Published: November 10, 2012

Boxer Orlando Cruz has just come out, bringing to mind Shakespeare’s hyper-masculine gay characters.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged boxing, homosexuality, Orlando Cruz, Sports, Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare | Comments closed

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