The Head and the Hands on the Rostra: Marcus Tullius Cicero as a Sign of Its Time Dale B. J. Randall Published in Connotations Vol. 1.1 (1991) Abstract If one should wonder why Marcus Tullius Cicero was published in 1651, several kinds of suggestive evidence are available. Among these are […]
Religion in King John: Shakespeare’s View Roy Battenhouse Published in Connotations Vol. 1.2 (1991) Abstract In this essay, the author contrasts The Troublesome Raigne of John (1591) and Shakespeare’s King John. He argues that Shakespeare makes the religious issue all important by showing us how a corruption by “commodity” underlies […]
“If you have tears …”: Oxford and Onions Eric Sams Published in Connotations Vol. 1.2 (1991) Abstract This article argues against changes made in the third edition of the Oxford Shakespeare Glossary and suggests a fourth edition designed to to restore important information. Oxford editors17) Gary Taylor and Stanley Wells […]
Mnemonic Criticism & Renaissance Literature: A Manifesto William E. Engel Published in Connotations Vol. 1.1 (1991) Abstract In this essay William E. Engel suggests that it is in the interest of Renaissance scholarship to recover some of the assumptions underlying an on-going tradition involving mnemonic thought and practice. Among the […]
Arthur Golding and the Elizabethan Progress of Actaeon’s Dogs Anthony Brian Taylor Published in Connotations Vol. 1.3 (1991) Abstract The essay examines Arthur Golding’s translation of the Actaeon story, the greatest hunting episode in Ovid’s Metamorphoses, and argues that it was a popular work in the Elizabethan Age. It was […]
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 […]
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