A “Guardian” article applies Rudyard Kipling’s poem “Dead Statesman” to those irresponsible politicians who brought about Brexit. The poem applies equally well to Donald Trump.
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Kipling Perfectly Describes Brexiteers
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Defending the Canon vs. New Attacks
Yale English majors have been complaining about requiring them to study canonical writers. Here’s is why they are wrong.
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#NeverTrump! Never! Never! Never! Never?
Many who vowed NeverTrump are backing away from the word “never.” “Never” is an important word in “King Lear” and Lear, unlike Lear’s opponents, doesn’t back away from it.
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Time for GOP Moderates To Go to Ground?
As the GOP reels in the wake of Trump’s victory, it might want to model itself on Edgar in “King Lear.”
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Now, Gods, Stand Up for Trump!
When traditional institutions like the government or the Supreme Court are undermined, the way is cleared for the rise of liar like Trump.
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Ted Cruz as Lucifer, “Squat Like a Toad”
After John Boehner compared Sen. Ted Cruz to Lucifer, I went looking through “Paradise Lost” to find passages that would apply. I found a particularly good one but, if you ask me, Cruz more resembles Blifil, Tom Jones’s nemesis.
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If Trump Tweeted Classic Lit Reviews…
Donald Trump has a very distinctive twitter style., one that would be great for classic book reviews. A BuzzFeed writer imagines how he might have reviewed “Hamlet,” “Tristram Shandy,” “Ulysses,” and other classics.
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