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Margreta de Grazia – Response to Manford Hanowell’s Response to “Homonyms before and after Lexical Standardization”

Response to Manford Hanowell’s Response to “Homonyms before and after Lexical Standardization” Margreta de Grazia Published in Connotations Vol. 1.3 (1991) Abstract Margreta de Grazia responds to Manford Hanowell’s arguments on her Shakespeare-Jahrbuch article “Homonyms before and after Lexical Standardization.” I thank Dr. Hanowell for his querying of my article; […]

Manford Hanowell – A Response to Margreta de Grazia, “Homonyms before and after Lexical Standardization”

A Response to Margreta de Grazia, “Homonyms before and after Lexical Standardization”1) Manford Hanowell Published in Connotations Vol. 1.3 (1991) Abstract A response to some of de Grazia’s arguments in her Shakespeare-Jahrbuch article “Homonyms before and after Lexical Standardization.” The following remarks are a response to some of de Grazia’s […]

Sandra Billington – A Response to Roy Battenhouse, “Religion in King John: Shakespeare’s View”

A Response to Roy Battenhouse, “Religion in King John: Shakespeare’s View” Sandra Billington Published in Connotations Vol. 1.3 (1991) Abstract This is a response to Roy Battenhouse’s “Religion in King John: Shakespeare’s View.” This delicately argued article initially won my sympathy, even regarding the opposite conclusion to the one which […]

Erik Kooper – Comments on Arthur Versluis, “Piers Plowman, Numerical Composition, and the Prophecies”

Comments on Arthur Versluis, “Piers Plowman, Numerical Composition, and the Prophecies” Erik Kooper Published in Connotations Vol. 1.3 (1991) Abstract This is a response to Arthur Versluis’s “Piers Plowman, Numerical Composition, and the Prophecies.” 1. On pp. 104−5 Versluis gives a short characterization of the A−, B−and C−texts of Piers […]

Thomas Merrill – The Language of Hell

The Language of Hell Thomas F. Merrill Published in Connotations Vol. 1.3 (1991) Abstract The essay focuses on the depiction of hell in Milton. The author argues that Milton’s Hell possesses a style more evocative than any of the overtly sacred scenes in Milton’s Heaven, which, despite their proliferation of […]

Matthias Bauer – Count Malvolio, Machevill and Vice

Count Malvolio, Machevill and Vice Matthias Bauer Published in Connotations Vol. 1.3 (1991) Abstract In this paper, Malvolio is seen, however tentatively, as being related to the “Machiavellian,” whose crafty machinations are turned by Shakespeare into the silly antics of the bitter fool of Twelfth Night. My point of departure […]

Roy Battenhouse – On Puzzling Shakespeare by Leah Marcus

On Puzzling Shakespeare by Leah Marcus Roy Battenhouse Published in Connotations Vol. 1.2 (1991) Abstract This book review focuses only on Leah Marcus’s treatment of <i>Measure for Measure</i> and on the limitations found there in the book’s critical method. My remarks will focus only on the book’s treatment of Measure […]