Tag Archives: Purloined Letter

Poe & Hiding in Plain Sight

By Robin Bates | Published: December 13, 2018

Thursday Now that the phrase “hiding in plain sight” is on everyone’s lips, it’s worth revisiting an old post, written 18 months ago, about Edgar Allan Poe’s “Purloined Letter.” After all, since then we’ve had confirmed one of the more spectacular instances of a letter theft committed in plain sight. When Trump said during the campaign, […]

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Trump Crimes in Plain Sight (Poe, Borges)

By Robin Bates | Published: August 8, 2018

To understand how Trump can commit crimes in plain sight, read Poe and Borges.

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Peyton Manning as Poe’s Dupin

By Robin Bates | Published: October 25, 2014

Peyton Manning is like Edgar Allan Poe’s detective Dupin, who uses his keen mind to triumph over devious opponents.

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Neuro-Lit: English’s “Next Big Thing”?

By Robin Bates | Published: April 8, 2010

A number of my friends have sent me the following New York Times article about the “next big thing in English”: neuro-lit.   Apparently fictionally identifying with story characters and plots is being studied from a brain point of view.  Researchers are looking at how many levels of abstraction the mind can hold (Virginia Woolf is credited […]

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