Tag Archives: Wilkie Collins

Are Dems Hampered by “Moral Claptrap”?

By Robin Bates | Published: January 21, 2020

Wilkie Collins’s villainous Count Fosco will do whatever it takes to win–which puts him in the company of Trump and McConnell’s GOP.

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Jigsaw Order Out of Chaos

By Robin Bates | Published: January 15, 2020

As one who specializes in 18th century British lit, I’m fascinated with how jigsaw puzzles represent order arising from chaos.

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Lit Interpretation Related to Bible Reading

By Robin Bates | Published: January 11, 2020

Literary “close reading” can be traced back, in part, to Talmudic study of the Torah. That helps explain the significance I attach to literary interpretation.

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Robinson Crusoe Has ALL the Answers

By Robin Bates | Published: January 9, 2020

In Wilkie Collins’s “Moonstone,” the wonderfully realized house steward resorts to “Robinson Crusoe” to face all difficulties.

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