Poetics of Injustice: The Case of Two Mockingbirds Ralph Grunewald Published in Connotations Vol. 26 (2016/17) Abstract This article is based on the understanding that in law questions of guilt are often reduced and simplified, whereas literary texts can provide a more encompassing picture of a person’s blameworthiness. That leads […]
Is Timon Mad? An Answer to Beatrix Hesse Thomas Kullmann Published in Connotations Vol. 26 (2016/17) In her response to Maurice Charney’s and my own interpretations of Nabokov’s Pale Fire, Beatrix Hesse comments on the supposed similarity between Shakespeare’s Timon and Nabokov’s Charles Kinbote. While I do not wish to […]
Black Ekphrasis? A Response to Carl Plasa Jane Hedley Published in Connotations Vol. 26 (2016/17) In “Ekphrastic Poetry and the Middle Passage,” Carl Plasa re-purposes Adrienne Rich’s assertion that for writers who are women, “entering an old text from a new direction” is “not just ‘a chapter in cultural history’ […]
A Course in Ghost Writing: Philip Roth, Authorship, and Death49) David Hadar Published in Connotations Vol. 26 (2016/17) Abstract This paper argues that, for American novelist Philip Roth, the death of an author does not necessarily mean a loss of power and authority. Instead, what is crucial for literary authority […]
The Mysterious Genesis of Paradise Lost Donald Cheney Published in Connotations Vol. 9.1 (1999/2000) A poem or any other product of mental labor (such as this essay) naturally lends itself to procreative metaphors. It seems to have dwelled—or to give promise of being about to have dwelled—within us for months, […]
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 […]
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