C. S. Lewis’S Complex Relationship With Queer Milton Studies: Indirect Inspiration, Hegemonic Antagonist, And Erased Inconvenient Forerunner,
2021
Calvin University
C. S. Lewis’S Complex Relationship With Queer Milton Studies: Indirect Inspiration, Hegemonic Antagonist, And Erased Inconvenient Forerunner, David V. Urban
University Faculty Publications and Creative Works
This essay discusses queer Milton scholarship’s various responses to C. S. Lewis’s A Preface to Paradise Lost, beginning with Gregory Bredbeck’s groundbreaking 1991 PMLA article through the 2018 volume Queer Milton and beyond. Although most of these responses portray Lewis as one whose explicit denial of queer angelic behavior in Paradise Lost has served to prevent queer readings of Milton, Lewis can also been seen as one who, by this explicit denial, indirectly brought about queer Milton studies. Attention will be paid to Drew Daniel’s unexpected 2014 portrayal of Lewis’s offering an especially daring queer vision of Paradise Lost, a …
The Moxon Tennyson : A Landmark In Victorian Illustration,
2021
Ohio University
The Moxon Tennyson : A Landmark In Victorian Illustration, Simon Cooke
Ohio University Press Open Access Books
A new perspective on a book that transformed Victorian illustration into a stand-alone art.
Edward Moxon’s 1857 edition of Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s Poems dramatically redefined the relationship between images and words in print. Cooke’s study, the first book to address the subject in over 120 years, presents a sweeping analysis of the illustrators and the complex and challenging ways in which they interpreted Tennyson’s poetry. This book considers the volume’s historical context, examining in detail the roles of publisher, engravers, and binding designer, as well as the material difficulties of printing its fine illustrations, which recreate the effects of painting. …
What Man Artow?: An Exploration Of The Narrator Of The Canterbury Tales,
2021
University of Northern Iowa
What Man Artow?: An Exploration Of The Narrator Of The Canterbury Tales, Kimberly Cavalier
Honors Program Theses
“Also I prey yow to foryeve it me, / Al have I nat set folk in hir degree / Here in this tale, as that they sholde stonde; / My wit is short, ye may wel understonde” (Chaucer 35). These are the words written by Geoffrey Chaucer, who is considered the father of English literature, in the prologue to The Canterbury Tales, a work that has survived and remained relevant for over six hundred years. The juxtaposition of a man whose writing turned him into a household name begging his audience to forgive his short wit and lack of …
Revisiting The History Of The De Doctrina Christiana Authorship Debate And Its Ramifications For Milton Scholarship: A Response To Falcone And Kerr,
2020
Calvin University
Revisiting The History Of The De Doctrina Christiana Authorship Debate And Its Ramifications For Milton Scholarship: A Response To Falcone And Kerr, David V. Urban
University Faculty Publications and Creative Works
This essay details the history of the De Doctrina Christiana authorship controversy, suggesting that the debate’s conclusion in favor of Miltonic provenance was declared prematurely. It considers Falcone’s and Kerr’s recent essays in light of the larger controversy and proposes that one consequence of the larger debate should be the liberty for scholars to analyze Milton’s theological presentations in his poetry apart from the specter of DDC.
Series Editors' Preface To Ssl 46.2,
2020
University of South Carolina - Columbia
Series Editors' Preface To Ssl 46.2, Patrick Scott, Tony Jarrells
Studies in Scottish Literature
Introduction to special issue on Allan Ramsay; comment on cover illustration from the William Aikman-George White mezzotint portrait of Ramsay.
Introduction: Allan Ramsay's Future,
2020
University of Glasgow
Introduction: Allan Ramsay's Future, Murray Pittock, Craig Lamont
Studies in Scottish Literature
Presents an overview of the new AHRC-funded edition of the Collected Works of Allan Ramsay, and of related recent scholarly and community activity in relation to Ramsay's public recognition and heritage, both in the Pentlands area south of Edinburgh, near Penicuik and Carlops, and more broadly in Scottish literary history, specifically in relation to the origins of Scottish Romanticism.
Allan Ramsay: Romanticism And Reception,
2020
University of Glasgow
Allan Ramsay: Romanticism And Reception, Murray Pittock
Studies in Scottish Literature
Provides a review and interpretation of Allan Ramsay's career and reputation, and of scholarly and critical response to his work, exploring "the foundational nature of his contribution to the language of Scottish literature," reaching a wider audience, for Scots, his dominant role in the history of Scottish song, and the pivotal role of his writing, especially his ballad-opera The Gentle Shepherd, in the formation of Scottish romanticism, and of the wider romantic movement.
'Some Few Miles From Edinburgh': Commemorating The Scenes Of The Gentle Shepherd In Ramsay Country,
2020
University of Glasgow
'Some Few Miles From Edinburgh': Commemorating The Scenes Of The Gentle Shepherd In Ramsay Country, Craig Lamont
Studies in Scottish Literature
Traces the history of Ramsay commemoration, from the obelisk at Penicuik with an inscription from 1759 onwards, and successive attempts to identify actual settings for scenes and incidents in his ballad opera The Gentle Shepherd, in illustrations (notably by David Allan for the Foulis edition of 1788), other editions and memoirs, and competing contributions by the ministers of rival parishes to the Statistical Account of Scotland, giving particular attention to the roles in the "battle over Ramsay country" of two local landowners, Alexander Fraser Tytler (Lord Woodhouselee) and Robert Brown of Newhall; providing maps and illustrations to clarify …
'Compylit In Latin': Allan Ramsay And Scoto-Latinity In The Eighteenth Century,
2020
National Library of Scotland
'Compylit In Latin': Allan Ramsay And Scoto-Latinity In The Eighteenth Century, Ralph Mclean
Studies in Scottish Literature
Discusses the importance and pervasiveness of Latin, including original Latin verse, in early 18th century Scotland, among Jacobites and in Ramsay's Edinburgh circle, with attention to the work of Archibald Pitcairne, Thomas Ruddiman, and later Robert Fergusson; examines Ramsay's own Scots translations of Horace and his use of the Horatian tradition, and looks also at translations from Ramsay into Latin by Alexander Fraser Tytler; and concludes that Ramsay's Scots poetry "helped to maintain" a Scottish link "to the classical past, by presenting the works of classical authors to new and growing audiences in Scotland in a language which was accessible …
'Some Pastoral Improvement' In The Gentle Shepherd: Mediation, Remediation, And Minority,
2020
Temple University
'Some Pastoral Improvement' In The Gentle Shepherd: Mediation, Remediation, And Minority, Steve Newman
Studies in Scottish Literature
This essay shows how in The Gentle Shepherd Allan Ramsay engages in the complex work of "pastoral improvement" on an individual and national scale and foresees--to a point--how his work will be received in the decades and even centuries to come. After situating his work within the uprising of the Galloway Levellers, pastoral, and the early work of agricultural improvement, I consider how the concept of improvement shapes the reception of his work in the Linley-Tickell production of the 1780s--including a surprising appearance from the Shakespearean forger, William Henry Ireland--and the key role The Gentle Shepherd plays in "The Young …
Methodising Scots: The Cases Of Allan Ramsay & Thomas Ruddiman,
2020
University of Glasgow
Methodising Scots: The Cases Of Allan Ramsay & Thomas Ruddiman, Jeremy J. Smith
Studies in Scottish Literature
Examines the linguistic issues facing editors of two 18th century Scottish editors, Allan Ramsay and Thomas Ruddiman, in modifying or standardizing the language in earlier Scottish poetic manuscripts, arguing that "the editorial process is not—and never has been—“neutral” or “objective” but is rather a hermeneutic act constrained by contemporary conditions of publication and intended audience," and that Ramsay and Ruddiman, like modern editors, were "constrained in quite delicate ways by their historical setting."
Contributors To Ssl 46.2,
2020
University of South Carolina
Contributors To Ssl 46.2
Studies in Scottish Literature
Brief biographical notes on contributors
"Slain Ye Shall Be": Eschatological Morality And The House Of Feanor In Tolkien's The Silmarillion,
2020
Bowling Green State University
"Slain Ye Shall Be": Eschatological Morality And The House Of Feanor In Tolkien's The Silmarillion, Ashley Anteau
Honors Projects
This thesis expands on existing research and analysis of the eschatology of J. R. R. Tolkien’s invented mythology, with a critical analysis of how it relates to morality and the overarching exploration of good and evil, primarily in The Silmarillion. By analyzing Tolkien’s medieval and spiritual influences, as well as Tolkien’s unfinished works published posthumously by Christopher Tolkien, it explores the effect of the relationship between morality and mortality on the emotional core of Tolkien’s work. It offers new insights into the text by engaging especially with the often overlooked story of the sons of Feanor, and how this story …
Networks Of Sociability In Allan Ramsay's The Fair Assembly,
2020
University of Glasgow
Networks Of Sociability In Allan Ramsay's The Fair Assembly, Rhona Brown
Studies in Scottish Literature
Discusses the background, publication history, and significance of Allan Ramsay's poem The Fair Assembly (1723), about an elite dance gathering in Edinburgh, the social connections of its aristocratic patrons ("Directresses"), and its political and cultural implications, especially in connection with the continuing role of Jacobite and other anti-Whig and anti-Presbyterian sentiment in the nation's capital.
Mapping Changes To The Songs In The Gentle Shepherd, 1725-1788,
2020
University of Glasgow
Mapping Changes To The Songs In The Gentle Shepherd, 1725-1788, Brianna E. Robertson-Kirkland
Studies in Scottish Literature
Examines the varying ways in which the songs in Allan Ramsay's ballad-opera The Gentle Shepherd were published between the 170s and the 1780s, noting variation in how particular songs were titled, in which songs were included and how they were placed within the dramatic text, in which tunes were used for which song-texts, and in how words were related to music in editions providing both. The discussion is supported by extensive tables and lists of 18th century Ramsay editions, and illustrated with transcriptions of the music in two editions. Concludes that the addition of the music in later editions served …
Poetry And Song In The Works Of J.R.R. Tolkien (2018), Ed. By Anna Milon,
2020
University of Glasgow
Poetry And Song In The Works Of J.R.R. Tolkien (2018), Ed. By Anna Milon, Kristine A. Swank
Journal of Tolkien Research
Book review by Kris Swank of Poetry and Song in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien: Proceedings of the Tolkien Society Seminar 2017 (2018), edited by Anna Milon.
The Novelist And The Critics: Frances Burney's Manuscript Corrections And Additions To The Wanderer, Or, Female Difficulties,
2020
University of Exeter, Devon
The Novelist And The Critics: Frances Burney's Manuscript Corrections And Additions To The Wanderer, Or, Female Difficulties, Robert L. Mack
Journal X
No abstract provided.
Through The Floors Of Perception: Huxley, Benjamin, And Drugs,
2020
National University of Singapore
Through The Floors Of Perception: Huxley, Benjamin, And Drugs, Rajeev S. Patke
Journal X
No abstract provided.
A "Black, Black, Black Man": Aaron's Represented Blackness On Stage And Screen,
2020
University of Alabama
A "Black, Black, Black Man": Aaron's Represented Blackness On Stage And Screen, Kevin Crawford
Journal X
No abstract provided.
Good Manners And Bad Treasons: Scottish Jacobite Women And The British Authorities In The Rebellion Of 1715,
2020
Minnesota State University, Moorhead
Good Manners And Bad Treasons: Scottish Jacobite Women And The British Authorities In The Rebellion Of 1715, Margaret Sankey
Journal X
No abstract provided.
