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 Comedy31) 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. […]
“When Mercy Seasons Justice”: Poetic Justice in Comedy Burkhard Niederhoff Published in Connotations Vol. 25.2 (2015/16) Abstract One school in the theory of comedy, which originates in Aristotle’s Poetics, maintains that the genre represents bad characters. Another school emphasises the happy ending. What follows from these two premises is a […]
Poetic Justice: A Few Reflections on the Interplay of Poetry and Justice Angelika Zirker Published in Connotations Vol. 25.2 (2015/16) Abstract Poetic justice is one of the most contentious literary issues: ever since Thomas Rymer’s coinage of the term in 1677/78, it has been seen as a fulfilment of the […]
On Poets, Poets’ Critics, and Critics’ Critics: A Response to Maurice Charney and Thomas Kullmann Beatrix Hesse Published in Connotations Vol. 25.1 (2015/16) Maurice Charney’s “Adopting Styles, Inserting Selves: Vladimir Nabokov’s Pale Fire” discusses Nabokov’s intriguing book in a very stimulating manner, raising numerous questions some of which have already […]
“Hey dol, merry dol”: Tom Bombadil’s Nonsense, or Tolkien’s Creative Uncertainty? A Response to Thomas Kullmann Lynn Forest-Hill Published in Connotations Vol. 25.1 (2015/16) Studies of Tolkien’s poetry always have been rare. The recent collection of essays entitled Tolkien’s Poetry, edited by Julian Eilmann and Allan Turner, is one of […]
Melville’s Pierre and the “Church of the Bohemians”110) James McAdams Published in Connotations Vol. 25.1 (2015/16) Abstract Upon its publication in 1851, Herman Melville’s Pierre was criticized as a disaster, a formless “Kraken” composed by a writer obviously deprived of his skills and sanity. Since then, however, scholars have reconsidered […]
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