The Psychoanalytic Theme in Margaret Atwood’s Fiction: A Response to Burkhard Niederhoff1) Fiona Tolan Published in Connotations Vol. 19.1-3 (2009/10) In Margaret Atwood’s 2003 dystopian novel, Oryx and Crake, the protagonist and narrator Jimmy—later known as Snowman—persistently presses the beautiful and enigmatic Oryx for details of her exotically traumatic past; […]
Should we believe her? Margaret Atwood and Uncertainty: A Response to Burkhard Niederhoff Margaret Rogerson Published in Connotations Vol. 19.1-3 (2009/10) Burkhard Niederhoff’s analysis of Margaret Atwood’s Surfacing (1972) and Alias Grace (1996) speaks cogently of the Canadian author’s fondness for ghosts, her interest in the notion of survival, and […]
A Response to “The Return of the Dead in Margaret Atwood’s Surfacing and Alias Grace” Eleonora Rao Published in Connotations Vol. 19.1-3 (2009/10) An arbitrary choice then, a definitive moment: October 23 1990. It’s a bright clear day, unseasonably warm. It’s a Tuesday […] The sun moves into Scorpio. Tony […]
Truths of Storytelling: A Response to Burkhard Niederhoff Janice Fiamengo Published in Connotations Vol. 19.1-3 (2009/10) Burkhard Niederhoff has put his finger on one of the most interesting differences between Margaret Atwood’s Surfacing and Alias Grace. In Surfacing, the narrator’s quest to survive as an emotionally responsive and responsible adult […]
Lowell’s Tropes of Falling, Rising, Standing: A Response to Frank J. Kearful Henry Hart Published in Connotations Vol. 19.1-3 (2009/10) Frank Kearful has written an insightful essay on some of Lowell’s fundamental preoccupations in Lord Weary’s Castle. I was impressed by the critic’s investigation of Lowell’s poetics—of his tropes, metrical […]
Reanimation, Regeneration, Re-evaluation: Rereading Our Mutual Friend Efraim Sicher Published in Connotations Vol. 19.1-3 (2009/10) Leona Toker’s essay “Decadence and Renewal in Dickens’s Our Mutual Friend,” published in a section under the somewhat ghoulish heading “Restored from Death,” takes up the Jamesian disdain for Dickens’s last novel as a product […]
A Letter in Response to Leona Toker’s “Decadence and Renewal in Dickens’s Our Mutual Friend” John R. Reed Published in Connotations Vol. 19.1-3 (2009/10) The argument of Toker’s essay mainly focuses, in different ways, on patterns of decline that either fulfill themselves or are reversed. I think all readers of […]
Reanimation or Reversibility in “Valerius: The Reanimated Roman”: A Response to Elena Anastasaki Graham Allen Published in Connotations Vol. 19.1-3 (2009/10) It has been a struggle to transcend the essentially biographical manner in which Romantic women writers like Mary Shelley have traditionally been read.26) In her introduction to the Pickering […]
“Donne’s Sermons as Re-enactments of the Word”: A Response to Margret Fetzer Anita Gilman Sherman Published in Connotations Vol. 19.1-3 (2009/10) Margret Fetzer is surely right that John Donne used theatrical strategies of impersonation and identification in his sermons so as to bring home the drama of salvation. By re−enacting […]
A Response to Margret Fetzer’s “Donne’s Sermons as Re-enactments of the Word” Edmund Miller Published in Connotations Vol. 19.1-3 (2009/10) In discussing the theatricality of John Donne’s sermons, Margret Fetzer cites a competition between the sermon and the play for an audience at the beginning of the seventeenth century (11n1). […]
This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish.AcceptRead More
Privacy & Cookies Policy
Privacy Overview
This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.