“Tess of the d’Urbervilles” is a prescient account of how sexual predators operate. It is no less relevant today in the age of Donald Trump and Harvey Weinstein than it was in 1892.
Tag Archives: sexual assault
Hardy Understood Sexual Predators Well
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Bill Cosby, Bill O'Reilly, Donald Trump, Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Rape, Roger Ailes, Tess of the d'Ubervilles, Thomas Hardy Comments closed
Trump & Mac the Knife, 2 Escape Artists
Donald Trump’s apparent ability to escape unscathed from gaffes and revelations that would sink any other campaign invites comparison with Mac the Knife, John Gay’s glamorous escape artist from “Beggar’s Opera.”
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged 2016 presidential election, Beggar's Opera, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, John Gay, Trump sex scandal Comments closed
We Mooste Calle Him “Hende Donald”
Donald Trump’s self-admitted sexual assaults resemble those of the university student in Chaucer’s “Miller’s Tales.” Hende Nicholas, however, is far more respectful of his lady love.
Teaching Gender Sensitivity at West Point
Margaret Atwood’s “Handmaid’s Tale” is required reading for entering West Point cadets. Good things could happen.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Feminism, Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood, Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, Phyllis Schlafly, Ursula Le Guin, West Point Comments closed
Behn’s Comedy Masks Feminist Protest
Aphra Behn’s 1677 play “The Rover” hides its feminist protest within a comic form.
Sexual Misconduct in the Classics
A sexual misconduct course required of all employees got me thinking of problematic situations in the books that I teach.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "The Lover: A Ballad", "Written in a Lady's Prayer Book", Aphra Behn, Bacchae, Charlotte Bronte, Euripides, Henry Fielding, Jane Austen, Jane Eyre, John Wilmot, Lucille Clifton, Rape, Rover, Sense and Sensibility, sexual harassment, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Tom Jones Comments closed
The Wife of Bath vs. Military Rapes
Perhaps Chaucer’s Wife of Bath has some good suggestions on preventing sexual assault in the military.
