Literary Names : Personal Names in English Literature

Name: Literary Names
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 9780198709688
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ISBN: 9780198709688

by Alastair Fowler

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 0198709684

ISBN-13 9780198709688

Publisher Oxford University Press

Imprint Oxford University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date May 15th, 2014

Print length 296 Pages

Weight 376 grams

Dimensions 21.70 x 13.80 x 1.60 cms

Product Classification: Literary studies: poetry & poets Literary studies: poetry and poets Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers

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Names hidden by acrostic or anagram, pseudonyms, pen-names, nicknames, nameless characters, and lists of names are all explored in this erudite and fascinating book, which encompasses literature from ancient times to modern.

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 of literature itself. He traces the history of names through Homer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton, Thackeray, Dickens, Joyce, and Nabokov, showing how names often turn out to be the thematic focus. Fowler shows that the associations of names, at first limited, become increasingly salient and sophisticated as literature itself develops.

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