Unsexing Austen: A Response to Leona Toker Amanpal Garcha Published in Connotations Vol. 12.2-3 (2002/03) Abstract Whereas Leona Toker’s socioeconomic reading of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park (published in Connotations 11.2-3) drew on the theories of Thorstein Veblen, Amanpal Garchas response to Toker’s article turns to Nancy Armstrong to supplement an […]
“Grace beyond a curled lock”: Further Thoughts on Henry Vaughan’s “Isaac’s Marriage” Glyn Pursglove Published in Connotations Vol. 12.2-3 (2002/03) Abstract In reaction to Alan Rudrum’s reading of Henry Vaughan’s “Issac’s Marriage” through the traditions of Biblical commentary and exegesis (published in Connotations 11.1), Glyn Pursglove re-reads the poem for […]
Parody as Cultural Memory in Richard Powers’s Galatea 2.2 Anca Rosu Published in Connotations Vol. 12.2-3 (2002/03) Abstract In its gentle parody of the Pygmalion myth, Richard Powers’s novel Galatea 2.2 builds up a critique of the state of literary studies in the late twentieth century and their long−standing quarrel […]
“The most important subject that can possibly be”: A Reply to E. A. J. Honigmann Hildegard Hammerschmidt-Hummel Published in Connotations Vol. 12.2-3 (2002/03) Abstract Hildegard Hammerschmidt-Hummel answers to E. A. J. Honigmann’s criticism concerning her book on Shakespeare’s life and specifically re-addresses and reinforces theories on Catholicism in the works […]
Parody, Satire and Sympathy in Don Quixote and Gulliver’s Travels David Fishelov Published in Connotations Vol. 12.2-3 (2002/03) Abstract The notion that parody and satire are, among other things, related to sympathy may sound strange. After all, parody is intended to expose certain texts as superficial and cliché−ridden, to unbind […]
Shakespeare’s Falstaff as Parody Arthur F. Kinney Published in Connotations Vol. 12.2-3 (2002/03) Abstract Arguably the most complex and dramatic parody of the English Renaissance is Shakespeare’s King Henry IV, Part 1, with its central portrait of Falstaff. His first dialogue in H4 is heavily grounded in alliteration, repetition, and […]
Angels, Insects, and Analogy: A. S. Byatt’s “Morpho Eugenia” June Sturrock Published in Connotations Vol. 12.1 (2002/03) Abstract “I read. Ants, bees, Amazon travels, Darwin, books about Victorian servant life, butterflies and moths” (On History and Other Stories 117). That is A. S. Byatt’s account of her preparation for writing […]
Allusions in Gary Snyder’s “The Canyon Wren” Ling Chung Published in Connotations Vol. 12.1 (2002/03) Abstract Ling Chung’s reply to John Whalen-Bridge’s article on Gary Snyder’s “The Canyon Wren” (published in Connotations 8.1) further investigates the poem’s Japanese intertexts and finds another intertextual connection to the Chinese poet Su-Shih. Finally, […]
War, Conversation, and Context in Patrick Hamilton’s The Slaves of Solitude Thierry Labica Published in Connotations Vol. 12.1 (2002/03) Abstract Thierry Labica’s article explores three conversational levels constructed in Patrick Hamilton’s The Slaves of Solitude: (i) there are the conversations among the main protagonists and, as conversations in fiction, he […]
Tragedy in The Turn of the Screw: An Answer to Ursula Brumm Edward Lobb Published in Connotations Vol. 12.1 (2002/03) Abstract Edward Lobb answers to Ursula Brumm’s criticism of his article on elements of tragedy in Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw (published in Connotations 10.1). He summarizes their […]
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