Half a Miracle: A Response to William Harmon Paul J. C. M. Franssen Published in Connotations Vol. 3.2 (1993/94) Although William Harmon’s article is ingenious and stimulating on the whole, I should like to take issue with his most spectacular example, the (admittedly tentative) suggestion that the translation of Psalm […]
A Response to Judith Dundas, “Paronomasia in the Quip Modest” Debra Fried Published in Connotations Vol. 3.2 (1993/94) If “Herbert has deliberately chosen to put his wit in the service of his faith” (Dundas, 225), he has done so in the full awareness of wit’s potential ties with the devil’s […]
The House of Fame: Tripartite Structure and Occasion R. J. Schoeck Published in Connotations Vol. 3.2 (1993/94) It is a pleasure to rejoin scholarly discussion of Chaucer’s celebrated incomplete poem, one upon which I stumbled while in graduate school at Princeton with John M. Steadman many years ago and on […]
Inventional Mnemonics, Reading and Prayer: A Reply to Mary Carruthers Sylvia Huot Published in Connotations Vol. 3.2 (1993/94) Abstract Sylvia Huot adds to Mary Caruthers’ article on inventional mnemonics (published in Connotations 3.1) by offering further comments on the close relationship of reading and memory, and on the role that […]
Paronomasia Once More Eleanor Cook – Paronomasia Once More Published in Connotations Vol. 3.1 (1993/94) Professor Cook’s brilliant paper prompts so much in the way of delighted response that I could go on almost endlessly. But I will only make a few observations here, hoping that there will be another […]
A Note on Eleanor Cook, “From Etymology to Paronomasia” John Hollander Published in Connotations Vol. 3.1 (1993/94) Professor Cook’s brilliant paper prompts so much in the way of delighted response that I could go on almost endlessly. But I will only make a few observations here, hoping that there will […]
Palm Reading (A Response to Eleanor Cook) Timothy Bahti Published in Connotations Vol. 3.1 (1993/94) Paronomasia “as a general synonym for punning and word−play” (36), and etymology as one of its resources are the topics of Eleanor Cook’s searching and widely learnèd article. As words are drawn through their usages, […]
Fielding, Reception Theory and Rationalism: A Reply to Brean Hammond and Nicholas Hudson Lothar Černý Published in Connotations Vol. 3.1 (1993/94) Brean Hammond and Nicholas Hudson have provided most interesting comments on my “Reader Participation and Rationalism in Fielding’s Tom Jones,” and I am happy to join them in critical […]
Fielding and the “Sagacious Reader”: A Response to Lothar Černý Nicholas Hudson Published in Connotations Vol. 3.1 (1993/94) Few novels seem so well adapted to the strategies of reception theory as Tom Jones, which has elicited a rich and varied range of responses from that modern variety of the “sagacious […]
“Mind the Gap”: A Comment on Lothar Černý Brean S. Hammond Published in Connotations Vol. 3.1 (1993/94) What I have to offer on Andrew Varney’s stimulating piece is a widow’s mite rather than a more thrilling Titanic struggle–a matter of emphasis and nuance. On page 135, Varney makes an arrestingly […]
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