Shakespeare’s “The Phoenix and the Turtle”: A Reconsideration of “Single Natures Double Name” James H. Sims Published in Connotations Vol. 3.1 (1993/94) Christiane Gillham follows up effectively on Alexander Grosart’s note, in his 1878 edition of Robert Chester’s Love’s Martyr, concerning the homonymy of Greek phoinix in the words phoenix […]
“Double Nature’s Single Name”: A Response to Christiane Gillham Peter Milward Published in Connotations Vol. 3.1 (1993/94) In her otherwise interesting article on the endlessly puzzling Phoenix and Turtle, Christiane Gillham mistakenly quotes Shakespeare’s words, “Single natures double name.” The words are correct enough, but they are mistakenly applied to […]
Hamlet and After Holger Klein Published in Connotations Vol. 3.1 (1993/94) Coming late in a debate that has gone on for some time one risks appearing censorious; yet the issues concerning Hamlet broached in Connotations over much of 1992 are important and do invite further discussion. It is with a […]
Generalization Must Be, but Woe unto the Generalizer: A Reply to Jonas Barish Robert Crosman Published in Connotations Vol. 3.1 (1993/94) Jonas Barish is a Shakespeare scholar whose opinion I value most highly and I feel honored that he has taken the trouble both to correct and to praise aspects […]
Words, Weapons, and Role-players: A Reply to Stanley Hussey Robert Crosman Published in Connotations Vol. 3.1 (1993/94) I read Stanley Hussey’s “Comment” on my Shakespeare’s prose article with pleasure, nodding frequently in agreement with his qualifications and refinements of my argument. We disagree in details, but I thoroughly approve of […]
A Response to William Harmon W. F. H. Nicolaisen Published in Connotations Vol. 3.1 (1993/94) While it is tempting for someone, normally keeping his love of puns and his keen interest in the function of names in literature discretely apart, to continue, on this occasion, Harmon’s quest for “the name […]
Some Notes on William Harmon, “Paronomastics” A. R. Ammons Published in Connotations Vol. 3.1 (1993/94) Abstract In his short reply to a debate on William Harmon’s article on paronomastics (published in Connotations 2.2.), A. R. Ammons lauds the original article but urges a careful deliberation when dissembling textual symmetry. He […]
A Reply to Mary Carruthers, “Inventional Mnemonics and the Ornaments of Style” Lina Bolzoni Published in Connotations Vol. 3.1 (1993/94) Abstract In her reply to the debate started by William Engel in Connotations 1.1, Lina Bolzoni offers her reflections upon Engel’s notion of “mnemonic criticism” and responds directly to Mary […]
Connotations of “Strange Meeting” Kenneth Muir Published in Connotations Vol. 3.1 (1993/94) Abstract Kenneth Muir offers evidence that Wilfred Owen’s poem “Strange Meeting” was intended to be a fragment, that the lives of other authors as well as their poems (especially Keats and Shelley) may have influenced Owen’s work, and […]
A Collection of Toothpicks from The Winter’s Tale to Leviathan24) Robert G. Collmer Published in Connotations Vol. 3.1 (1993/94) In The Winter’s Tale (4.4), Autolycus offers his services to assist the shepherd and the bumpkin−clown, who are carrying a bundle with the mantle, the jewel, and the letters to King […]
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