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Anthony Brian Taylor – Lively, Dynamic, but Hardly a Thing of “rhythmic beauty”: Arthur Golding’s Fourteeners

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, […]

Thomas F. Merrill – A Constructed Reading Self Replies

A Constructed Reading Self Replies Thomas F. Merrill Published in Connotations Vol. 2.2 (1992) Abstract Thomas F. Merrill responds to Harold R. Swardson’s critique of his article “The Language of Hell.” In his response to my essay concerning religious style in Paradise Lost, Harold Swardson clarifies our parting of the […]

Dieter Mehl – Hamlet’s Last Moments: A Note on John Russell Brown

Hamlet’s Last Moments: A Note on John Russell Brown Dieter Mehl Published in Connotations Vol. 2.2 (1992) Abstract Dieter Mehl tests John Russell Brown’s arguments concerning Hamlet’s last moments (from his article “Multiplicity of Meaning in the Last Moments of Hamlet,” DOI: 10.25623/conn002.1-brown-1) by applying a theatrical-performative reading to them. […]

Clifford Davidson – Reflections in Response to Sandra Billington, Mock Kings in Medieval Society and Renaissance Drama

Reflections in Response to Sandra Billington, Mock Kings in Medieval Society and Renaissance Drama Clifford Davidson Published in Connotations Vol. 2.2 (1992) Abstract Clifford Davidson extends Sandra Billington’s theories of the King Game on Renaissance drama by considering the King Game as symptomatic of a frequent attitude of distrust of […]