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Rightwing Media’s School for Scandal

By Robin Bates | Published: February 22, 2013

The gossipy Mrs. Candour in Sheridan’s “School for Scandal” today would be a member of the rightwing media.

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School for Scandal, Image is Everything

By Robin Bates | Published: November 18, 2009

Richard Sheridan School for Scandal, which I’m currently teaching, was reportedly George Washington’s favorite play. It remains relevant today. For one thing, it gets at problems with our “image is everything” society. Here’s the plot. Joseph passes himself off as a “man of sentiment” but in actuality is a cunning villain. He has his eyes […]

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Mocking Adult Anxieties about Novels

By Robin Bates | Published: September 29, 2009

“Before,” by William Hogarth (1736) What can happen to your daughters if they read novels? According to William Hogarth, something like the above. Check out the lower left hand corner where a side table is falling over. The drawer has been left casually but deliberately open so that one can see the book that is […]

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The Favorite Books of American Presidents

By Robin Bates | Published: June 10, 2009

I’ve had fun discussing the reading of Sonia Sotomayor and Clarence Thomas over the last couple of days, and while I’ve come up dry on further posts about the Supreme Court and literature, it has given me the idea of periodically dipping into reading stories of other political figures. I’ll start a list here, beginning […]

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