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William Hamlin – On Reading Early Accounts of the New World

On Reading Early Accounts of the New World William Hamlin Published in Connotations Vol. 6.1 (1996/97) Abstract William Hamlin reacts to Andrew Hadfield’s Article “Peter Martyr, Richard Eden and the New World: Reading, Experience, and Translation” stresses specifically how Hadfield’s argument deals with cultural contacts and advocates a high sensibility […]

Kenneth Muir – Remembrance of Things Past

Remembrance of Things Past Kenneth Muir Published in Connotations Vol. 6.1 (1996/97) Abstract Kenneth Muir explains how it came about that he and Molly Mahood, at approximately the same time, published articles in defence of Shakespeare’s word-play. He then goes on to explore how “[t]o Molly Mahood, “… The Winter’s […]

Inge Leimberg – M. M. Mahood, Shakespeare’s Wordplay: Some Reappraisals. Introducing the Subject.

M. M. Mahood, Shakespeare’s Wordplay: Some Reappraisals. Introducing the Subject. Inge Leimberg Published in Connotations Vol. 6.1 (1996/97) Abstract Inge Leimberg introduces this volume’s special section commemorating the 40th anniversary of Molly M. Mahood’s Shakespeare’s Wordplay. It contains a series of articles reappraising this book’s chapter on The Winter’s Tale. […]

Brian Gibbons – Doubles and Likenesses-with-difference: The Comedy of Errors and The Winter’s Tale

Doubles and Likenesses-with-difference: The Comedy of Errors and The Winter’s Tale Brian Gibbons Published in Connotations Vol. 6.1 (1996/97) Abstract [This article is part of a series of articles in Connotations Vol. 6 that commemorate the 40th anniversary of Molly M. Mahood’s Shakespeare’s Wordplay.] Early in his career, Shakespeare deliberately […]

Maurice Hunt – Poetry vs. Plot in The Winter’s Tale: Modernity and Morality in M. M. Mahood’s Shakespeare’s Wordplay

Poetry vs. Plot in The Winter’s Tale: Modernity and Morality in M. M. Mahood’s Shakespeare’s Wordplay Maurice Hunt Published in Connotations Vol. 6.1 (1996/97) No one, either before or since the publication in 1957 of Shakespeare’s Wordplay, has matched M. M. Mahood in her ability to tease out the multiple […]

David Laird – The Magic of M. M. Mahood’s Shakespeare’s Wordplay

The Magic of M. M. Mahood’s Shakespeare’s Wordplay David Laird Published in Connotations Vol. 6.1 (1996/97) Abstract David Laird reads Molly M. Mahood’s chapter on The Winter’s Tale (in her volume Shakespeare’s Wordplay)  “to be reminded of the vicissitudes of critical taste and practice, to be challenged to look beyond […]

John Whalen-Bridge – The Myth of the American Adam in Late Mailer

The Myth of the American Adam in Late Mailer John Whalen-Bridge Published in Connotations Vol. 5.2-3 (1995/96) Let us begin with the problem of Adam. Lewis’s 1955 study, The American Adam, explored a variety of nineteenth−century American writings to show that “the American dialogue” has largely been about notions of […]