Duality in Piers Plowman and the Anglo-Saxon Riddles (A Response to Arthur Versluis) Gwendolyn Morgan Published in Connotations Vol. 1.2 (1991) Abstract This is a response to Arthur Versluis’ essay “Piers Plowman, Numerical Composition, and the Prophecies.” The medieval penchant for weaving diverse sorts of symbolism and allusion into a […]
Gematria in Piers Plowman (A Response to Arthur Versluis) John P. Hermann Published in Connotations Vol. 1.2 (1991) Abstract This is a response to Arthur Versluis’ essay “Piers Plowman, Numerical Composition, and the Prophecies.” Students of Piers Plowman should be grateful to Arthur Versluis for linking medieval gematria—symbolic alphanumeric patterns—to […]
The “Doubleness” of The Malcontent and Fairy-tale Form Brownell Salomon Published in Connotations Vol. 1.2 (1991) Abstract This essay rests on the assumption that one of the main characteristics of The Malcontent is the extraordinary structural “doubleness” of the play. While working out a fictional plot of the utmost cultural […]
Piers Plowman, Numerical Composition, and the Prophecies Arthur Versluis Published in Connotations Vol. 1.2 (1991) Abstract The essay examines the three major prophecies in Piers Plowman and argues that the prophecy-riddles are not satiric, but correspond to larger themes within the work as a whole, and may even be regarded, […]
Doctor Faustus and the Literary System: A Supplementary Response to Paul Budra Paul Yachnin Published in Connotations Vol. 1.1 (1991) Abstract In his response to Paul Budra, Paul Yachnin asks for the historical and ideological reasons for the play’s interest in interpretive stability, literary power and the “tragic punishment consequent […]
The Art of Fiction and the Art of War: Henry James, H. G. Wells, and Ford Madox Ford Joseph Wiesenfarth Published in Connotations Vol. 1.1 (1991) Abstract This essay examines the interrelation between texts of Henry James, H. G. Wells and Ford Madox Ford around the time of World War […]
Doctor Faustus: Death of a Bibliophile Paul Budra Published in Connotations Vol. 1.1 (1991) Abstract Doctor Faustus is as much about books—the physical objects—as knowledge and its use. More than any other English drama of the 16th century, Doctor Faustus revolves around the text, the reader’s manipulation of it, and […]
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