Literary allusions have been flying, many with a sense of doom, since Elon Musk purchased Twitter.
Tag Archives: William Shakespeare
Alas, Poor Twitter–I Knew Him, Ho-Ratio
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Elon Musk, Hamlet, Henry VI Part 2, Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, Pride and Prejudice, Samuel Beckett, Sense and Sensibility, twitter, Waiting for Godot Comments closed
My Upcoming Ljubljana Lectures
I share the works I will be lecturing on at the University of Ljubljana.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Post-Colonial Literature, Slovenia, University of Ljubljana Comments closed
How Media Would Spin Macbeth
In an effort to be fair to both sides, sometimes the media doesn’t call out falsehoods. Satirist Petri imagines a newspaper telling the story of the Macbeths.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Donald Trump, Macbeth, mainstream media, Margaret Sullivan Comments closed
Russia’s Falstaffian Mobilization
Russia’s current mass mobilization at times resembles Falstaff’s recruitment in Shakespeare’s Henry IV plays.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Henry IV Part II, Russian mobilization, Russo-Ukrainian War Comments closed
Merrick Garland as Birnam Wood
Garland, like Birnam Wood, moves inexorably on the authoritarian in charge.
Summer Solstice Unleashes Dark Forces
Early works of Brit Lit used summer solstice imagery to explore clashes between Christian England and its pagan past.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Geoffrey Chaucer, Midsummer Night's Dream, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, summer solstice, Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale Comments closed
All Authoritarians Are Like Richard III
Shakespeare gives us a brilliant depiction of the authoritarian mindset in “Richard III.” Think Trump and Putin.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged authoritarians, Donald Trump, Fascism, Richard III, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Stephen Greenblatt, Strongmen Mussolini to the Present, Tyrant Shakespeare on Politics, tyrants Comments closed
