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Arthur F. Kinney – Shakespeare’s Falstaff as Parody

Shakespeare’s Falstaff as Parody Arthur F. Kinney Published in Connotations Vol. 12.2-3 (2002/03) Abstract Arguably the most complex and dramatic parody of the English Renaissance is Shakespeare’s King Henry IV, Part 1, with its central portrait of Falstaff. His first dialogue in H4 is heavily grounded in alliteration, repetition, and […]

Ling Chung – Allusions in Gary Snyder’s “The Canyon Wren”

Allusions in Gary Snyder’s “The Canyon Wren” Ling Chung Published in Connotations Vol. 12.1 (2002/03) Abstract Ling Chung’s reply to John Whalen-Bridge’s article on Gary Snyder’s “The Canyon Wren” (published in Connotations 8.1) further investigates the poem’s Japanese intertexts and finds another intertextual connection to the Chinese poet Su-Shih. Finally, […]

Thierry Labica – War, Conversation, and Context in Patrick Hamilton’s The Slaves of Solitude

War, Conversation, and Context in Patrick Hamilton’s The Slaves of Solitude Thierry Labica Published in Connotations Vol. 12.1 (2002/03) Abstract Thierry Labica’s article explores three conversational levels constructed in Patrick Hamilton’s The Slaves of Solitude: (i) there are the conversations among the main protagonists and, as conversations in fiction, he […]

Lisa Tyler – Brontë and Burnett: A Response to Susan E. James

Brontë and Burnett: A Response to Susan E. James Lisa Tyler Published in Connotations Vol. 12.1 (2002/03) Abstract Lisa Tyler responds to Susan E. James’ comparison of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden and Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights (published in Connotations 10.1) by elaborating and supporting James’ arguments. She goes […]

E. A. J. Honigmann – Catholic Shakespeare? A Response to Hildegard Hammerschmidt-Hummel

Catholic Shakespeare? A Response to Hildegard Hammerschmidt-Hummel E. A. J. Honigmann Published in Connotations Vol. 12.1 (2002/03) Abstract E. A. J. Honigmann critiques the claim of Shakespeare being Catholic brought forward in Hildegard Hummel-Hammerschimdt’s biography of the playwright. He revisits the indications for such readings and assents that the complicated […]

David Laird – “If we offend, it is with our good will”: Staging Dissent in A Midsummer Night’s Dream

“If we offend, it is with our good will”: Staging Dissent in A Midsummer Night’s Dream David Laird Published in Connotations Vol. 12.1 (2002/03) Abstract Shakeshare could offend the Elizabethan society, repeatedly subjecting prevailing ideologies, allegiances, and practices to multiple perspectives and valuations. He invites controversy even when he seems […]

Donald Cheney – Spenser’s Parody

Spenser’s Parody Donald Cheney Published in Connotations Vol. 12.1 (2002/03) Abstract  If parody at its outermost limits is simply a borrowing or imitation of an earlier work with evident variation which may be more or less mocking, it seems to be another word for that complex of “revisionary ratios” that […]