In Galsworthy’s “Man of Property,” Soames sees his wife as property. With its Dobbs decision, meanwhile, the Supreme Court sees women similarly.
Tag Archives: Inferno
Man of Property and the Dobbs Decision
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Do Not Stand by My Grave and Weep
As Slovenes this past week visited the graves of those who have passed on, I thought of Frye’s poem “Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep.”
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Reaching Out to the Poor and Oppressed
Martha Serpas calls out America on how it treats the poor and unfortunate.
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Frozen in the Ice of Indifference
The difference between politicians who care and those who don’t is the difference between Dante’s Purgatory and Inferno.
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Eternally Damned after Reading a Book
In which I compare Austen’s Marianne and Willoughby to Dante’s Paulo and Francesca.
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Will Trump Pay? Literature Is Unsure
Will Trump escape all accountability? Literature weighs in.
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The Sexual Politics of Circe-Odysseus
Miller’s novel “Circe” engages with a long tradition of Circe and Odysseus depictions, including those of Homer, Virgil, Euripides, Sophocles, Dante, Tennyson, and Atwood.
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Inferno’s Ditch Reserved for Mitch
Republicans enabling Trump in his attempts to subvert the 2020 election have a special place reserved from them in Dante’s Inferno: Circle 8, Bolgia 8.
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Do Not Let Your Anger Drown You
Many Trump supporters are consumed by anger. Dante shows how they construct their own hells in the process.
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