Authorship, Gender, and the Modern Muse in Edith Wharton’s Vance Weston Novels: A Response to Judith P. Saunders Margaret Toth Published in Connotations Vol. 26 (2016/17) Edith Wharton’s last two completed novels, Hudson River Bracketed (1929) and The Gods Arrive (1932), together trace the life of aspiring writer Vance Weston […]
Beyond the “Chorus Line”: A Response to Susanne Jung Christine Evain Published in Connotations Vol. 25.2 (2015/16) Abstract Christine Evain’s reply to Susanne Jung’s article on how Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad incorporates several genre stylistically (published in Connotations 24.1) further highlights the unusual form chosen for the subject matter. This […]
Book-eating Book: Tom Phillips’s A Humument (1966-) Tammy Lai-Ming Ho Published in Connotations Vol. 25.2 (2015/16) Abstract This review article begins with a brief history of neo-Victorianism and discusses how Tom Phillips’s ongoing project A Humument (1966-), which incorporates W. H. Mallock’s little-known A Human Document (1892), can be considered a representative neo-Victorian novel. […]
The Poet’s Generosity in Timon of Athens and Pale Fire: A Response to Maurice Charney and Thomas Kullmann Kreg Segall Published in Connotations Vol. 25.2 (2015/16) In his discussion of the relationship between Vladimir Nabokov’s Pale Fire and Timon of Athens, Maurice Charney centers his reading on the “pale fire” […]
Trumpet, Watchtower, and Refrain in Donne’s Second Anniversarie: A Response to Michael Ursell, Sarah Powrie, and Ryan Netzley Theresa M. DiPasquale Published in Connotations Vol. 25.2 (2015/16) Abstract Teresa DiPasquale offers an “interlocking close reading” of the three articles that (in Connotations 25.1) started a critical debate on John Donne’s […]
Harmonious Remembrance: A Response to Sarah Powrie, Ryan Netzley, and Michael Ursell David Ainsworth Published in Connotations Vol. 25.2 (2015/16) Abstract In his reply to the debate on John Donne’s “Second Anniversarie” (the debate starters were published in Connotations 25.1), David Ainsworth addresses each of the original articles to augment, […]
Parcipatory Grace: Calvinism, Pragmatism, and the Ethics of Grace in Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead Neil Browne Published in Connotations Vol. 25.2 (2015/16) Abstract In the narrative arc of Marilynne Robinson’s novel Gilead arise numerous instances that seem to demand judgment, either on the part of the reader or on the part […]
Poetic Injustice in Shakespeare’s King Lear and The Tempest Thomas Kullmann Published in Connotations Vol. 25.2 (2015/16) Abstract In both King Lear and The Tempest our sense of justice is grossly violated: Not only is Cordelia’s death in King Lear devoid of any ulterior meaning, but the fact that her […]
Poetic Justice and the Disguises of Edgar in King Lear Maurice Charney Published in Connotations Vol. 25.2 (2015/16) Abstract The question of poetic justice in King Lear is evoked by Edgar, who, in the play’s final scene and while in disguise, claims that “The gods are just.” Therefore, he argues, […]
Poetic (In-)Justice in Comedy75) David Fishelov Published in Connotations Vol. 25.2 (2015/16) Abstract Notwithstanding Rymer’s argument in The Tragedies of the Last Age Considered (1677) that the author of tragedy must “see justice exactly administered,” the literary genre that seems to illustrate most clearly the principle of poetic justice (i.e. […]
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