| Description |
1 online resource (x, 268 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-261) and index. |
| Contents |
Clarissa, or the name lost -- Oliver Twist, or the name found -- Pierre, or the American myth of the name transcended -- The Scarlet letter -- Bleak House -- The Mill on the Floss -- Tess of the d'Urbervilles -- Lolita -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
Michael Ragussis re-reads the novelistic tradition by arguing the acts of naming--bestowing, revealing, or earning a name; taking away, hiding, or prohibiting a name; slandering, or protecting and serving it--lie at the center of fictional plots from the 18th century to the present. Againstthe background of philosophic approaches to naming, Acts of Naming reveals the ways in which systems of naming are used to appropriate characters in novels as diverse as Clarissa, Fanny Hill, Oliver Twist, Pierre, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Remembrance of Things Past, and Lolita, and identifiesunnaming and r. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English fiction -- History and criticism.
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English fiction. |
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Names, Personal, in literature.
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Names, Personal, in literature. |
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Families in literature.
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Families in literature. |
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American fiction -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. |
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Plots (Drama, novel, etc.)
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Plots (Drama, novel, etc.) |
| Indexed Term |
Fiction in English Special subjects: Characters Names |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ragussis, Michael. Acts of naming. New York : Oxford University Press, 1986 (DLC) 86000728 |
| ISBN |
1429400935 (electronic book) |
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9781429400930 (electronic book) |
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0195364872 |
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9780195364873 |
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9780195040708 (alkaline paper) |
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0195040708 (alkaline paper) |
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128052314X |
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9781280523144 |
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0195040708 (alkaline paper) |
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