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James H. Sims – Shakespeare’s “The Phoenix and the Turtle”: A Reconsideration of “Single Natures Double Name”

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 […]

Peter Milward – “Double Nature’s Single Name”: A Response to Christiane Gillham

“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 […]

Holger Klein – Hamlet and After

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 […]

W. F. H. Nicolaisen – A Response to William Harmon

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 […]

A. R. Ammons – Some Notes on William Harmon, “Paronomastics”

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 […]

Kenneth Muir – Connotations of “Strange Meeting”

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 […]