Alison V Scott
Biographic Data
| ID | 5160876 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alison V Scott |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alison V |
| FAMILY NAME | Scott |
| SIGNATURE | SCOTT A V |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Teaching Othello
Making a Virtue of Giddiness
'I am giddy' (Troilus and Cressida 3.2.16). This is how Shakespeare's Troilus describes his mood as he anticipates a long-awaited sexual encounter with Cressida. His emotional turbulence matches or perhaps produces particular bodily effects — Troilus is whirled around with expectation, suggesting the dizziness or vertigo that characterizes giddiness in medical terms today. On the other hand, giddiness seems to originate with imagination rather th…
Shakespeare
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Censuring Indulgence
A literary criticism is presented examining how the theatrical production Volpone, by Ben Jonson, depicts avarice and luxury. The author suggests that the character of Volpone represents the negative aspects of luxury and comments on how Jonson presents a satirical view of the social effects of consumerism. She discusses how Volpone's greed distorts his perception of the character of Celia and characterizes Volpone's greed as a form of idolatry
Tainted exchange
The young man in Shakespeare's Sonnets is lauded as a container of and beauty, while on the other hand, the speaker claims that his verse truly represents his addressee's worth. However, engaged as he is in an attempt to persuade the young man to reciprocate the gifts of nature and of his true-telling friend, the speaker reveals a self-interested agenda for praise that contradicts his assertion of unbiased truth. Here, Scott examines the complex,…
Kerl, du bist toll
The Role of Mellefont in Lessing's Miss Sara Sampson
It is hardly necessary to-day to begin an article on Miss Sara Sampson with an apologia for treating the work as interesting in its own right, not merely as the first influential biirgerliches Trauerspiel in Germany.' Since 1949, when Otto Mann recognized in the play a mature work, rather than part of Lessing's dramatic apprenticeship,2 critics have concerned themselves with defining its moral viewpoint, linking this to the conception of the trag…
Censuring Indulgence
A literary criticism is presented examining how the theatrical production Volpone, by Ben Jonson, depicts avarice and luxury. The author suggests that the character of Volpone represents the negative aspects of luxury and comments on how Jonson presents a satirical view of the social effects of consumerism. She discusses how Volpone's greed distorts his perception of the character of Celia and characterizes Volpone's greed as a form of idolatry
The Role of Mellefont in Lessing's Miss Sara Sampson
It is hardly necessary to-day to begin an article on Miss Sara Sampson with an apologia for treating the work as interesting in its own right, not merely as the first influential biirgerliches Trauerspiel in Germany.' Since 1949, when Otto Mann recognized in the play a mature work, rather than part of Lessing's dramatic apprenticeship,2 critics have concerned themselves with defining its moral viewpoint, linking this to the conception of the trag…
Kerl, du bist toll
Tainted exchange
The young man in Shakespeare's Sonnets is lauded as a container of and beauty, while on the other hand, the speaker claims that his verse truly represents his addressee's worth. However, engaged as he is in an attempt to persuade the young man to reciprocate the gifts of nature and of his true-telling friend, the speaker reveals a self-interested agenda for praise that contradicts his assertion of unbiased truth. Here, Scott examines the complex,…
Censuring Indulgence
A literary criticism is presented examining how the theatrical production Volpone, by Ben Jonson, depicts avarice and luxury. The author suggests that the character of Volpone represents the negative aspects of luxury and comments on how Jonson presents a satirical view of the social effects of consumerism. She discusses how Volpone's greed distorts his perception of the character of Celia and characterizes Volpone's greed as a form of idolatry
Shakespeare
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Teaching Othello
Making a Virtue of Giddiness
'I am giddy' (Troilus and Cressida 3.2.16). This is how Shakespeare's Troilus describes his mood as he anticipates a long-awaited sexual encounter with Cressida. His emotional turbulence matches or perhaps produces particular bodily effects — Troilus is whirled around with expectation, suggesting the dizziness or vertigo that characterizes giddiness in medical terms today. On the other hand, giddiness seems to originate with imagination rather th…
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