Tag Archives: She

Sexual Dominance and the Iran Invasion

By Robin Bates | Published: October 26, 2026

Post-colonial theory suggests that Trump’s invasion of Iran–the Persian Orient–may be psychosexual.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "To His Mistress Going to Bed", Carl Jung, Donald Trump, Edward Said, H. Rider Haggard, Iran invasion, John Donne, Joseph Conrad, Orientalism | Leave a comment

Iran: Heart of Darkness Redux?

By Robin Bates | Published: October 25, 2026

We may be living a Heart of Darkness but Trump is no Kurtz.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "White Man's Burden", Colonialism, DJT, Edward Said, Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad, Rider Haggard, Rudyard Kipling | Leave a comment

Orientalizing the Other

By Robin Bates | Published: October 10, 2024

In my postcolonial lit course, I applied Edward Said’s concept of Orientalism to Haggard’s “She” and Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness.” It’s not pretty.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "Snake Charmer", "To His Mistress Going to Bed", Andrew Marvell, Colonialism, Edward Said, empire building, H. Rider Haggard, Heart of Darkness, John Donne, Joseph Conrad, Orientalism, To His Coy Mistress | Comments closed

How to Analyze Fantasy Projections

By Robin Bates | Published: April 3, 2014

What fantasy means in 15 simple steps.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged fantasy, oppression, Repression, return of the repressed, Rider Haggard | Comments closed

What Fictional Fantasy Means

By Robin Bates | Published: January 6, 2011

Having taught British Fantasy Literature for the first time last semester, I need to think back on it before it becomes a distant memory. By reflecting publicly, I can share some of the insights I gained from the course. Two major things I learned are that (1) fantasy is an oppositional genre—by which I […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "Kubla Khan", "La Belle Dame sans Merci", "Lady of Shallot", Alfred Lord Tennyson, Alice in Wonderland Alice through the Looking Glass, Carl Jung, Charles Dickens, Christina Rossetti, fantasy, Geoffrey Chaucer, Goblin Market, Grimm Brothers, Hans Christian Andersen, Hard Times, Hero with a Thousand Faces, Idylls of the King, J. R. R. Tolkien, James Barrie, John Keats, Joseph Campbell, Jungle Books, Kenneth Grahame, Lewis Carol, Man and His Symbols, Midsummer Night's Dream, Rider Haggard, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Rudyard Kipling, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, teaching, The Lord of the Rings, The Wind in the Willows, William Shakespeare | Comments closed

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