Philological Quarterly articles from January 2004

Philological Quarterly archives from January 2004

Weapons of conversion: Mankind and medieval stage properties.(Critical essay)
January 1, 2004... In the final scene of the medieval morality play Mankind, the character Mercy employs a dramatic piece of stage violence in order to insure Mankind's repentance and salvation. Having promised the audience that he will proceed forth and do his...

Reading romance in late medieval England: the case of the Middle English Ipomedon.
January 1, 2004... Along with the text's materiality, the reading modality constitutes an external variable that defines the reception of the literary work, and thus its signification. Despite its relevance, however, we often universalize our reading practices...

Wish-fulfillment fantasies in Dryden's Aureng-Zebe.(John Dryden)(Critical essay)
January 1, 2004... But wishes, Madam, are extravagant. They are not bounded with things possible: I may wish more then I presume to tell: Desire's the vast extent of humane mind. --Aureng-Zebe, 2.1.52-55 The prologue and the dedication to Dryden's...

"Rare in burlesque": Northanger Abbey.(Critical essay)
January 1, 2004... Dors, dors, mon enfant, Jusqu'a l'age de quinze ans, A quinze ans faut te reveiller, A quinze ans faut te marier. It has been appreciated for many years that a special part of the appeal and literary-historical significance of Northanger...

H. G. Wells, visionary telescopes, and the "Matter of Mars".(Critical essay)
January 1, 2004... Famously, H. G. Wells traced the begetting of The War of the Worlds to a casual remark made by his brother Frank on a walk through rural Surrey. "Suppose some beings from another planet were to drop out of the sky suddenly... and begin laying...