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December 12, 2024

Huck’s Jim Goes Whiteface

Gorman Beauchamp

Percival Everett’s James: A Novel is a rewrite of Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of the slave Jim. But Gorman Beauchamp wonders if Twain’s “unforgettable in......

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June 24, 2024

Shakespeare’s Caliban

Gorman Beauchamp

Shakespeare’s play The Tempest has become a tool for activists of the current political zeitgeist. The purveyors of anti-colonialist ideology have reoriented the play, with alterations......

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October 19, 2023

Foisting Race upon Shakespeare’s Plays

Gorman Beauchamp

Gorman Beauchamp is angered (and somewhat amused) that the work of the great Bard has now been scrutinized under the lens of antiracist ideology.

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