Trump’s attacks on Leo resemble Henry VIII vs. Thomas More and Henry II vs. Thomas Becket. Works like Mantel’s Wolf Hall trilogy, Bolt’s Man for All Seasons, and Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral explore these dramas.
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Will No One Rid Me of This Meddlesome Pope?
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Bring Up the Bodies, Donald Trump, Henry II, Henry VIII, Hilary Mantel, J.D. Vance, Man for All Seasons, Murder in the Cathedral, Pope Leo, Robert Bolt, T.S. Eliot, Thomas Becket, Wolf Hall Comments closed
Lit Heals By Keeping Us Off Balance
Different literary techniques have been used over the centuries to keep us on our toes.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Dispossessed, Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift, Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K Le Guin, Utopia Comments closed
Is Bannon a Thomas Cromwell?
Steve Bannon may see himself as the protagonist of Hilary Mantel’s Thomas Cromwell trilogy, but there’s one lesson from Henry VIII’s advisor that he ignored.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Bring Out the Bodies, Hilary Mantel, Man for All Seasons, Steve Bannon, Thomas Cromwell, Wolf Hall Comments closed