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Elisa Segnini and Elizabeth Jones – “I was back in a dark wood”: Don Paterson’s “The Forest of the Suicides”

“I was back in a dark wood”: Don Paterson’s “The Forest of the Suicides” Elisa Segnini and Elizabeth Jones Published in Connotations Vol. 24.1 (2014/15) Abstract Through an analysis of Don Paterson’s “The Forest of the Suicides,” the article examines creative translation as a process that sheds light on the […]

Catherine Pesso-Miquel – Playing with the Ready-Made: Graham Swift’s The Light of Day – A Response to Andrew James

Playing with the Ready-Made: Graham Swift’s The Light of Day – A Response to Andrew James Catherine Pesso-Miquel Published in Connotations Vol. 24.1 (2014/15) Abstract In her response to Andrew James’s article on the use of clichés in Graham Swift’s The Light of Day (published in Connotations 22.2), Catherine Pesso-Miquel […]

Robert Lance Snyder – Apropos of Geoffrey Household’s Watcher in the Shadows and Dance of the Dwarfs: An Answer to David Seed

Apropos of Geoffrey Household’s Watcher in the Shadows and Dance of the Dwarfs: An Answer to David Seed Robert Lance Snyder Published in Connotations Vol. 24.1 (2014/15) Abstract In Connotations 24.1, Robert Lance Snyder answers to David Seed’s critique of his article on Geoffrey Household’s spy novels Watcher in the […]

Horace Jeffrey Hodges – Milton’s Astronomy and the Seasons of Paradise: Queries Motivated by Alastair Fowler’s Views

Milton’s Astronomy and the Seasons of Paradise: Queries Motivated by Alastair Fowler’s Views55) Horace Jeffrey Hodges Published in Connotations Vol. 24.1 (2014/15) Abstract In his annotated edition of Paradise Lost (1998), Alastair Fowler makes two strong claims concerning the astronomy of Milton’s prelapsarian universe: 1) the plane of the celestial […]

Kreg Segall – Mucedorus and Counsel from Q1 to Q3

Mucedorus and Counsel from Q1 to Q3 Kreg Segall Published in Connotations Vol. 24.1 (2014/15) Abstract In 1598, the first quarto (Q1) of the anonymous play Mucedorus was printed; the play would go on to tremendous success, going through more than fifteen editions. The most significant revision was the 1610 […]

Susanne Jung – “A Chorus Line”: Margaret Atwood’s Penelopiad at the Crossroads of Narrative, Poetic and Dramatic Genres

“A Chorus Line”: Margaret Atwood’s Penelopiad at the Crossroads of Narrative, Poetic and Dramatic Genres Susanne Jung Published in Connotations Vol. 24.1 (2014/15) Abstract In her novel The Penelopiad, Margaret Atwood artfully employs a mix of narrative, poetic, and dramatic styles. While the main narrative – a retelling of Homer’s […]