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IOWA STATE JOURNAL OF RESEARCH I MAY, 1982 4'3 -439 Vol. 56, No. 4 IOWA STATE JOURNAL OF RESEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS Volume 56 (August, 1981-May, 1982) No. 1, August, 1981 ASPECTS IN RENAISSANCE SCHOLARSHIP PAPERS PRESENTED AT "SHAKESPEARE AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES" SYMPOSIUM, 1981 From the Editors. 1 GALYON, L. R. Introduction...................... ...... 5 BEVINGTON, D. M. "Why Should Calamity Be Full of Words?" The Efficacy of Cursing in Richard III . 9 ANDERSON, D. K., Jr. The King's Two Rouses and Providential Revenge in Hamlet . 23 ONUSKA, J. T., Jr. Bringing Shakespeare's Characters Down to Earth: The Significance of Kneeling . 31 MULLIN, M. Catalogue-Index to Productions of the Shakespeare Memorial/Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1879-1978 . 43 SCHAEFER, A. J. The Shape of the Supernatitral: Fuseli on Shakespeare. 49 POAGUE, L. "Reading" the Prince: Shakespeare, Welles, and Some Aspects of Chimes at Midnight . 57 KNIGHT, W. N. Equity in Shakespeare and His Contemporaries. 67 STATON, S. F. Female Transvestism in Renaissance Comedy: "A Natural Perspective, That Is and Is Not" . 79 IDE, R. S. Elizabethan Revenge Tragedy and the Providential Play-Within-a-Play. 91 STEIN, C.H. Justice and Revenge in The Spanish Tragedy... 97 * * * * * * * * * * No. 2, November, 1981 From the Editors.. ... 105 TABLE OF CONTENTS PUHL, J. Forearm liquid crystal thermograms during sustained and rhythmic handgrip contractions . 107 COUNTRYMAN, D. W. and D. P. KELLEY. Management of existing hardwood stands can be profitable for private woodland owners....... .... 119 MERTINS, C. T. and D. ISLEY. Charles E. Bessey: Botanist, educator, and protagonist . 131 HELSEL, D. B. and K. J. FREY. Associations of growth rate with other traits in oats (Avena sativa L.) . 149 MADISON, K. G. Some unused sources concerning litigation of Sir John Fastolf and John Paston III........................ 159 POHL, R. W. Reversion from variegated to green leaf blades in Oplismenus birtellus (L.) Beauv. (Gramineae: Paniceae) . 177 ST. CLAIR, C. S. Science in the journal des Sfavans, 1665-1666 . 181 ATK!NS, _R. E. and A. BUENO. Estimation of total-plant leaf area m gram sorghum . 193 GALEJS, I., J. O'BRIEN, and L. WOLINS. Emotionally disturbed and normal children's perceptions of their parents . 205 WOLANSKY, W. D., J. N. RILEY, and W.-L. CHENG. Determin- ing in-service needs of vocational teachers. 213 LACASA, J. N. and J. LACASA. Student-perceived uses of a foreign language: Spanish . 219 * * * * * * * * * * No. 3, February, 1982 PLANT SCIENCE LECTURE SERIES PAPERS PRESENTED AT "BREEDING CROP PLANTS FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAITS SYMPOSIUM, 1982 From the Editors. 22 3 ADAMS, M. W. Plant architecture and yield breeding. 225 HEICHEL, G. H. Breeding alfalfa for improved nitrogen fixation: A physiological perspective . 2 5 5 LOOMIS, R. S. McDermitt's method for relating elemental compo- sition of plant materials to respiration and yield. 281 TABLE OF CONTENTS McCREE, J. J. The role of respiration in crop production... 291 SHANNON, J. C. A search for rate-limiting enzymes that control crop production . 3 07 * * * * * * * * * * No. 4, May, 1982 From the Editors.. 325 CARR, P. H., W. P. SWITZER, and W. F. HOLLANDER. Evidence for interference with navigation of homing pigeons by a magnetic storm................................................ 327 COLEMAN, T. L. and T. E. FENTON. A reevaluation of math­ ematical modes for predicting various properties of loess-derived soils in Iowa . 341 GEORGE, J. R. and K. E. HALL. Herbage cation concentrations in switchgrass, big bluestem, and Indiangrass with nitrogen fertil- ization. 353 LAWRENCE, B. K. and W. R. FEHR. Reproductive response of soybeans to short day lengths . 361 BUENO, A. and R. E. ATKINS. Growth analysis of grain sorghum hybrids . 367 MEIXNER, M. L. la Chagallite: The style in tapestry. 383 LANG, J. M. and D. ISEL Y. Eysenhardtia (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) . 393 WILLIAMS, D. D. The known Pratylenchidae (Nematoda) of Iowa................................................ 419 GHIDIU, G. M. and E. C. BERRY. A seed corn maggot trap for use in row crops . 425 LEWIS, L. C. Present status of introduced parasitoids of the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hubner), in Iowa . 429 Contents, Iowa State J oumal of Research, Vol. 56 (August, 1981-May, 1982). 437 IOWA STATE JOURNAL OF RESEARCH I AUGUST, 1981 1 Vol. 56, No. 1 FROM THE EDITORS Regarding this issue In the present issue of the Iowa State journal of Research is a collec­ tion of articles which derive from the papers presented at Iowa State Univer­ sity's third symposium devoted to William Shakespeare. This collection differs from the first two in that it is a selection from the papers actually read at the symposium and for the first time includes the presentation given by the fea­ tured speaker-in this case, David Bevington of the University of Chicago. While the first two symposia had as their focus Shakespeare, his works, and their interpretation on the stage, on film, and by scholars, this one also included his contemporaries and their work. The widening of the third symposium's scope to encompass the heart of the English Renaissance signals the direction to be taken by future symposia in this series at Iowa State University. As a result of this shift in emphasis, the symposium's editors have changed the title of the series from Aspects in Shakespearean Scholarship to Aspects in Renaissance Scholarship. In order to facilitate the use of this collection, an introduction which provides an abstract for each article has been included by the issue's editors. As presented here the papers are in a revised form, often shortened as well, and are in a different order that that of the symposium itself. Review papers The Iowa State journal of Research solicits review papers that synthe­ size the present state of knowledge in specific areas of scholarly activity. We do so because we believe continuing review of the vast outpouring of new knowledge and ideas is increasingly important, and because many disciplinary journals accept only contributions that report new research. But page charges For many years, the Iowa State journal of Research, entirely subsidized by the University, levied no page charges. In 1978, to help meet increasing publication costs, the Administrative Board of the journal specified a nominal per page charge of $10. More recently it has been necessary to ask authors from other institutions to pay their own way; that is, $30 a page, which approxi­ mates production costs. Because review or interpretational contributions are often necessarily longer than research reports, the invitation statement above may seem but a hollow pronouncement because of the barrier of page charges. The journal is developing a fund to defray (in part or completely) page charges for authors who lack grant or institutional publication funding. The dispersal of such funds will be directed especially towards the support of distinguished contributions of review nature. As stated in the "Information for Authors" (back cover), contingent writers may explore the problem of funding page charges with the editor. IOWA STATE JOURNAL OF RESEARCH I AUGUST, 1981 Vol. 56, No. 1 Aspects in Renaissance Scholarship Papers presented at "Shakespeare and His Contemporaries" Symposium 1981 * * * * * * *********************************** April 23-25, 1981 Iowa State University Ames, Iowa * * * * * * *********************************** Edited by Linda R. Galyon and Kenneth G. Madison IOWA STATE JOURNAL OF RESEARCH I AUGUST, 1981 4 Vol. 56, No. 1 ASPECTS IN RENAISSANCE SCHOLARSHIP CONTENTS LINDA R. GAL YON. Introduction. 5 DAVID M. BEVINGTON. "Why Should Calamity Be Full of Words?" The Efficacy of Cursing in Richard III . 9 DONALD K. ANDERSON, Jr. The King's Two Rouses and Providential Revenge in Hamlet. 2 3 JOHN T. ONUSKA, Jr. Bringing Shakespeare's Characters Down to Earth: The Significance of Kneeling . 31 MICHAEL MULLIN. Catalogue-Index to Productions of the Shakespeare Memorial/Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1879-1978 . 43 ANITA J. SCHAEFER. The Shape of the Supernatural: Fuseli on Shakespeare. 49 LELAND POAGUE. "Reading" the Prince: Shakespeare, Welles, and Some Aspects of Chimes at Midnight . 57 W. NICHOLAS KNIGHT. Equity in Shakespeare and His Con- temporaries. 67 SHIRLEY F. STATON. Female Transvestism in Renaissance Comedy: "A Natural Perspective, That Is and Is Not" 79 RICHARD S. IDE. Elizabethan Revenge Tragedy and the Provi- dential Play-Within-a-Play . 91 CHARLES H. STEIN. Justice and Revenge in The Spanish Tragedy.... ........ .. ......... ................... 97 IOWA STATE JOURNAL OF RESEARCH I AUGUST, 1981 5-7 Vol. 56, No. 1 INTRODUCTION Linda R. Galyon* This collection of articles covers a wide range of topics relating to Shakespeare and several of his contemporaries. As an aid to the would-be reader this introduction provides a concise summary of each article. The reader will note that the articles have been divided into two broad categories: the first relates to Shakespeare and the second to his contemporaries and their interests. David Bevington examines in " 'Why Should Calamity Be Full of Words?' The Efficacy of Cursing in Ricbard Ill" Shakespeare's conception of rhetoric in Richard Ill through a central question: "What is the efficacy ... of the language of cursing in Ricbard Ill?" This question is in turn related to the role of providential justice in this play. Richard's fate is best understood when considered in light of the careers of his chief victims. Their careers establish a pattern generally composed of the pronouncement of a curse by some other character, then a self-curse by the person in question, then a recollection of self-cursing after the fatal events have occurred, one usually accompanied by an acknowledgment of the justice of God's wrath. Richard's responses contrast with those of his victims. He is cursed by his mother and ultimately curses himself, but he never gains an awareness of God's justice. Instead, having discovered he is not free of "coward conscience," he perceives himself cut off from penance and then dies desperately fighting odds he realizes are insuperable.
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