Tag Archives: Oscar Wilde

When Stories Are Weaponized

By Robin Bates | Published: August 27, 2024

In the hands of culture warriors, stories have become weaponized. It’s difficult to figure out how we should fight back.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 12, 2024

Wilde’s “Salomé” is the story of a material girl trapped in a material world.

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By Robin Bates | Published: July 2, 2024

I announce my forthcoming book and contrast it with a similar book–“Dangerous Fictions”–coming out soon.

By Robin Bates | Published: June 24, 2024

How will Trump pick his V-P? As Lady Bracknell picks suitors for her daughter in “Importance of Being Earnest.”

By Robin Bates | Published: July 11, 2022

Cynicism marks many of those who have sold their souls to Trump, making “Dorian Gray” a good lens through which to view them.

By Robin Bates | Published: March 27, 2022

Tweeters have been busy finding literary allusions to capture the incompetence of Russia’s armed forces in Ukraine.

By Robin Bates | Published: April 3, 2021

While Easter is often celebrated through elaborate rituals, this Wilde poem reminds us not to forget its true meaning.

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By Robin Bates | Published: March 13, 2021

In Wilde’s poem “E Tenebris,” the speaker feels unable to reach up to God.

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By Robin Bates | Published: February 21, 2021

Will Trump escape all accountability? Literature weighs in.