TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fowler,Alastair
TI  - Literary names: personal names in English literaturee 
SN  - 9780191650987
AV  - PR149.N25 F68 2012eb
U1  - 820.9 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Names, Personal, in literature
KW  - Anonyms and pseudonyms in literature
KW  - English literature
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Noms de personnes dans la littérature
KW  - Pseudonymes dans la littérature
KW  - Littérature anglaise
KW  - Histoire et critique
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM
KW  - European
KW  - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Literatur
KW  - gnd
KW  - Englisch
KW  - Literarische Gestalt
KW  - Name
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-265) and index; Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Naming in History; 2. Modes of Naming; 3. The Faerie Queene; 4. Hidden Names; 5. Shakespeare's Names; 6. Milton's Changing Names; 7. Assumed and Imposed Names; 8. Thackeray, Dickens, and James; 9. Arrays of Names; 10. Joyce and Nabokov; Afterword; Glossary; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
N2  - Why do authors use pseudonyms and pen-names, or ingeniously hide names in their work with acrostics and anagrams? How has the range of permissible given names changed and how is this reflected in literature? Why do some characters remain mysteriously nameless? In this rich and learned book, Alastair Fowler explores the use of names in literature of all periods - primarily English but also Latin, Greek, French, and Italian - casting an unusual and rewarding light on the work ofliterature itself. He traces the history of names through Homer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton, Thackeray, Dickens, Joyc
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