Parody, Paradox and Play in The Importance of Being Earnest Burkhard Niederhoff Published in Connotations Vol. 13.1-2 (2003/04) 1. Introduction The Importance of Being Earnest is an accomplished parody of the conventions of comedy. It also contains numerous examples of Oscar Wilde’s most characteristic stylistic device: the paradox. The present […]
Falstaff’s Vocation: A Response to Arthur F. Kinney David Laird Published in Connotations Vol. 13.1-2 (2003/04) Arthur F. Kinney has written a masterful essay, well−argued and researched.20) He contends that Falstaff so abuses language that he loses touch with his audience both on and off the stage and ends up […]
Parody, Sympathy and Self. A Response to Donald Cheney Richard A. McCabe Published in Connotations Vol. 13.1-2 (2003/04) In his seminal essay on parody Mikhail Bakhtin asserted that “the literary and artistic consciousness of the Romans could not imagine a serious form without its comic equivalent. The serious, straightforward form […]
Highways and Byways: A Response to Donald Cheney Anthony Esolen Published in Connotations Vol. 13.1-2 (2003/04) Professor Donald Cheney has done lovers of literature a kindness. He has coined the term “sympathetic parody” to describe how Edmund Spenser replays, in The Faerie Queene, the plots and aims of Ariosto’s Orlando […]
(Un)tying a Firm Knot of Ideas: Reading Yang Mu’s The Skeptic Lisa Wong Published in Connotations Vol. 12.2-3 (2002/03) Abstract Yang Mu’s Yi Shen (The Skeptic: Notes on Poetical Discrepancies) evoked widely varying responses in the East and the West. Upon its publication in China, it was lauded by critics […]
“It’s wanting to know that makes us matter”: Scepticism or Affirmation in Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia. A Response to Burkhard Niederhoff Anja Müller-Muth Published in Connotations Vol. 12.2-3 (2002/03) Abstract In her entry into the debate following Burkhard Niederhoff’s article on Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia (published in Connotations 11.1), Anja Müller-Muth supports […]
From Lone Monkey to Family Man: Wittman’s Evolving Inclusion in Tripmaster Monkey Lara Narcisi Published in Connotations Vol. 12.2-3 (2002/03) Abstract Maxine Hong Kingston’s Tripmaster Monkey is a complex voyage through the mind of its protagonist Wittman as he pursues daily activities—partying, flirting, working, evading work—all of which culminate in […]
Dracula and the Cultural Construction of Europe Jason Dittmer Published in Connotations Vol. 12.2-3 (2002/03) Abstract Building on the arguments of Eleni Coundouriotis (whose article “Dracula and the Idea of Europe” was published in Connotations 9.2), Jason Dittmer takes up her evaluation of the importance of place for the novel. […]
The Making of a Goddess: Hardy, Lawrence and Persephone114) Andrew Radford Published in Connotations Vol. 12.2-3 (2002/03) Abstract Andrew Radford reads Thomas Hardy’s titular character from Tess of the d’Urbervilles and D. H. Lawrence’s Alvina from The Lost Girl as variation and development of the Greek myth of Persephone which […]
Wuthering Heights and The Secret Garden: A Response to Susan E. James Anna Krugovoy Silver Published in Connotations Vol. 12.2-3 (2002/03) Abstract Anna Krugovoy Silver’s response to Susan E. James’ comparison of Wuthering Heights and The Secret Garden (published in Connotations 10.1) elaborates some points touched upon by the original […]
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