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Ursula Brumm – Poetic Procreation in Edward Taylor’s Meditations

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Poetic Procreation in Edward Taylor’s Meditations Ursula Brumm Published in Connotations Vol. 9.1 (1999/2000) Edward Taylor’s poetry is a special case: its most important part are meditations of a Puritan clergyman put into poetic form as a mental exercise in preparation of administering the Lord’s Supper. In that personal function […]

Frances Malpezzi – Living Temples and Extemporal Song

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Living Temples and Extemporal Song Frances Malpezzi Published in Connotations Vol. 9.1 (1999/2000) In “Cold Monuments” John Russell Brown reminds us of the extraordinary complexity of poetic endeavor. While it may take a village to raise a child, bringing a poem to fruition and keeping it alive involves many people […]

Donald Cheney – Response to John Russell Brown

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Response to John Russell Brown Donald Cheney Published in Connotations Vol. 9.1 (1999/2000) While it is true that we are speaking metaphorically when we talk about poetry as procreation, I would argue that all such metaphors demand and reward thorough scrutiny, whether or not they may finally “bear” it. Metaphors […]

Christopher Wessman – Marlowe’s Edward II as “Actaeonesque History”

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Marlowe’s Edward II as “Actaeonesque History” Christopher Wessman Published in Connotations Vol. 9.1 (1999/2000) In his historical tragedy Edward II, Christopher Marlowe pervasively engages an abundant variety of ancient myths. Most significantly, however, the drama uses as a motif the versatile Diana and Actaeon tale—of naked, angry goddess and metamorphosed […]

Barbara Korte – Survival of the Nation(al)? Notes on the Case of English-Canadian Literary Criticism

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Survival of the Nation(al)? Notes on the Case of English-Canadian Literary Criticism Barbara Korte Published in Connotations Vol. 8.3 (1998/99) In an age of ‘internationalism’ and ‘multiculturalism,’ societies have not become ‘post−national’. Current events in Central and Eastern Europe alone testify to the ongoing relevance of the ‘national’ as a […]

M. E. Kropp Dakubu – Representations and Transformations in the Fiction of Kojo Laing: The “Language of Authentic Being” Revisited

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Representations and Transformations in the Fiction of Kojo Laing: The “Language of Authentic Being” Revisited M. E. Kropp Dakubu Published in Connotations Vol. 8.3 (1998/99) In a recent article in this journal, Francis Ngaboh−Smart presented an interpretation of Kojo Laing’s novel, Major Gentl and the Achimota Wars as a representation […]