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Hardcover Literary Names: Personal Names in English Literature Book

ISBN: 0199592225

ISBN13: 9780199592227

Literary Names: Personal Names in English Literature

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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...

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