Connotations of Hamlet’s Final Silence John Russell Brown Published in Connotations Vol. 2.3 (1992) Abstract John Russell Brown addresses Maurice Charney’s and Dieter Mehl’s suggestions concerning his article on “the Last Moments of Hamlet”. I was very grateful to Professors Dieter Mehl and Maurice Charney for showing the short−comings of […]
A Note in Reply to Alastair Fowler Matthias Bauer Published in Connotations Vol. 2.3 (1992) Abstract This note is a part of the debate on Inge Leimberg’s article on “M.O.A.I.,” a wordplay in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Many readers of Connotations will share my delight to find one of the undisputed […]
Maria’s Riddle Alastair Fowler Published in Connotations Vol. 2.3 (1992) Abstract This is a response to Matthias Bauer’s “Count Malvolio, Machevill and Vice“and part of the debate on Inge Leimberg’s article on “M.O.A.I.,” a wordplay in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. The interesting discussion of Maria’s riddle (“M.O.A.I. doth sway my life”: […]
Hal, Falstaff, Henry V, and Prose Jonas Barish Published in Connotations Vol. 2.3 (1992) Abstract In his response to Robert Crosman, Jonas Barish offers further ways to explain use of prose by Shakespeare’s Henry V. His argument for a methodological flexibility in the analysis of the play’s prose is that […]
A Comment on Robert Crosman, “The Pivotal Position of Henry V in the Rise and Fall of Shakespeare’s Prose” Stanley Hussey Published in Connotations Vol. 2.3 (1992) Abstract Robert Crosman’s article does well to remind us of the importance of Shakespeare’s prose, in the history plays as well as in […]
The Seasons of the Globe: Two New Studies of Elizabethan Drama and Festival Thomas Pettitt Published in Connotations Vol. 2.3 (1992) Abstract Thomas Pettitt’s article is a topical, comparative double-review concerned with the Elizabethan drama in the light of the festive seasons and theatrical festivals. He reads the topic with […]
Paronomasia in the Quip Modest: From Sidney to Herbert Judith Dundas Published in Connotations Vol. 2.3 (1992) Abstract Judith Dundas investigates the use of the quip modest in works by Sir Philip Sidney and George Herbert. There is a form of wit that explains itself quite readily to the modern […]
Lively, Dynamic, but Hardly a Thing of “rhythmic beauty”: Arthur Golding’s Fourteeners Anthony Brian Taylor Published in Connotations Vol. 2.3 (1992) Abstract In their response to “Arthur Golding and the Elizabethan Progress of Actaeon’s Dogs,” Charles Martindale and Sarah Annes Brown provide a useful perspective on Shakespeare’s use of Ovid, […]
In Reply to Eleanor Cook, “From Etymology to Paronomasia” Anthony Hecht Published in Connotations Vol. 2.2 (1992) Abstract In response to Eleanor Cook’s article on paronomasia in Elizabeth Bishop and Wallace Stevens, Anthony Hecht offers further examples of paronomasia, and especially puns. Eleanor Cook’s fine essay on paronomasia pleased me […]
A Response to Alan Rosen, “Plague, Fire, and Typology in Defoe’s A Journal of the Plague Year” Josef Haslag Published in Connotations Vol. 2.2 (1992) Abstract In a debate on Daniel Defoe’s A Journal of the Plague Year, Joseph Haslag addresses Alan Rosen’s argument concerned with the Great Fire of […]
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