As he demonstrates in “Measure for Measure,” Shakespeare would understand the ins and outs of modern sexual assault politics.
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Shakespeare & Sexual Assault Politics
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Note to Men: Face Your Inner Violence
To grapple with the fact of male sexual assault, it helps to have powerful literary explorations. Murakami provides one in “Kafka on the Shore.”
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Chaucer’s Solution for Sexual Assault
What are we to do about all of our sexual assaulters, given that they probably number in the thousands? Chaucer’s Wife of Bath has an answer.
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The Evangelical Rose Is Sick
Many rightwing evangelicals are selling their souls for Trumpism. William Blake would have something to say about that.
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Tess, More Relevant Than Ever
Students find Hardy’s “Tess” to be only too relevant In the age of Trump, Weinstein, and Roy Moore.
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Roy Moore’s Obsession with Lolitas
To understand Judge Roy Moore’s predilection for teenage girls, read “Lolita.” Like Humbert Humbert, Moore is obsessed with purity.
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