Connotations A Journal for Critical Debate Volume 21 (2011/2012) Numbers 2-3 Waxmann Münster / New York Connotations - A Journal for Critical Debate by the Connotations Society is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Editors’ Note We are sad to learn that John M. Steadman has passed away in March 2012. He was a founding member of the editorial board of Connota- tions. Professor Steadman’s research mainly focused on Renaissance literature and particularly on the poetry and work of John Milton. We are grateful for the expertise he has offered our journal and will re- member the work he has done for Connotations over the years. Matthias Bauer For the Editors of Connotations Connotations: A Journal for Critical Debate Published by Connotations: Society for Critical Debate EDITORS Inge Leimberg (Münster), Matthias Bauer (Tübingen), Burkhard Niederhoff (Bochum) and Angelika Zirker (Tübingen) Secretary: Eva Maria Rettner Editorial Assistants: Martina Bross, Lena Moltenbrey EDITORIAL ADDRESS Professor Matthias Bauer, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Department of English, Wilhelmstr. 50, 72074 Tübingen, Germany Email:
[email protected] http://www.connotations.de EDITORIAL BOARD M. H. Abrams, Cornell University Åke Bergvall, University of Karlstad Christiane Bimberg, Universität Dortmund John Russell Brown, University College London Ursula Brumm, Freie Universität Berlin Paul Budra, Simon Fraser University Lothar erný, Fachhochschule Köln Eleanor Cook, University of Toronto William E. Engel, The University of the South Bernd Engler, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen David Fishelov, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem A. C. Hamilton, Queen’s University, Ontario John P. Hermann, University of Alabama John Hollander, Yale University Lothar Hönnighausen, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn Arthur F.