Apropos of Geoffrey Household’s Watcher in the Shadows and Dance of the Dwarfs: An Answer to David Seed Robert Lance Snyder Published in Connotations Vol. 24.1 (2014/15) Abstract In Connotations 24.1, Robert Lance Snyder answers to David Seed’s critique of his article on Geoffrey Household’s spy novels Watcher in the […]
“Never Built at All, and Therefore Built Forever”: Camelot and the World of P. G. Wodehouse Jay Ruud Published in Connotations Vol. 24.1 (2014/15) Abstract P.G. Wodehouse was one of the most popular and prolific fiction writers of the 20th century, but is often relegated by critics to the edges […]
Milton’s Astronomy and the Seasons of Paradise: Queries Motivated by Alastair Fowler’s Views13) Horace Jeffrey Hodges Published in Connotations Vol. 24.1 (2014/15) Abstract In his annotated edition of Paradise Lost (1998), Alastair Fowler makes two strong claims concerning the astronomy of Milton’s prelapsarian universe: 1) the plane of the celestial […]
Mucedorus and Counsel from Q1 to Q3 Kreg Segall Published in Connotations Vol. 24.1 (2014/15) Abstract In 1598, the first quarto (Q1) of the anonymous play Mucedorus was printed; the play would go on to tremendous success, going through more than fifteen editions. The most significant revision was the 1610 […]
“A Chorus Line”: Margaret Atwood’s Penelopiad at the Crossroads of Narrative, Poetic and Dramatic Genres Susanne Jung Published in Connotations Vol. 24.1 (2014/15) Abstract In her novel The Penelopiad, Margaret Atwood artfully employs a mix of narrative, poetic, and dramatic styles. While the main narrative – a retelling of Homer’s […]
Adopting Styles, Inserting Selves: Nabokov’s Pale Fire Maurice Charney Published in Connotations Vol. 24.1 (2014/15) Abstract Nabokov’s novel Pale Fire (1962) is titled after a passage in Shakespeare’s late play Timon of Athens. Nabokov, known for his avid interest in idiosyncratic language, imitates the play’s style in this novel and […]
A Note on Sir Philip Sidney’s Art of Blending Arthur F. Kinney Published in Connotations Vol. 24.1 (2014/15) Abstract This short note takes up the line of argument by critics such as William J. Ringler and Stephen Greenblatt that Sir Philip Sidney’s Arcadia is a blend of the heroic and […]
An Order Honored in the Breach: An Answer to Dennis Pahl Hannes Bergthaller Published in Connotations Vol. 24.1 (2014/15) Abstract Hannes Bergthaller answers to the reactions on his article “Poe’s Economies and ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’” (published in Connotations 22.1). I have read both responses to my […]
“Thy words do finde me out”: Reading the Last Line of “Affliction (I)” Inge Leimberg Published in Connotations Vol. 24.1 (2014/15) Abstract One motif in The Temple is the evocation and imitation of love poetry in order to express the love of God; in “The Thanksgiving,” for instance, George Herbert […]
Fracturing the Critical Conversation on Pinter’s Language: A Response to Maurice Charney Mireia Aragay Published in Connotations Vol. 23.2 (2013/14) Abstract Mireia Aragay replies to Maurice Charney’s article on Harold Pinter’s The Homecoming (published in Connotations 21.2-3) by recasting his argument in the light of contemporary Pinter studies. Maurice Charney’s […]
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