Acts of naming : the family plot in fiction /

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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 backg...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ragussis, Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.
Temas:
English fiction > History and criticism.
Names, Personal, in literature.
Families in literature.
American fiction > History and criticism.
Plots (Drama, novel, etc.)
Roman anglais > Histoire et critique.
Noms de personnes dans la littérature.
Familles dans la littérature.
Roman américain > Histoire et critique.
Intrigues (Théâtre, roman, etc.)
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
American fiction.
English fiction.
Fictie.
Intriges.
Persoonsnamen.
Letterkunde.
Fiction in English > Special subjects: Characters > Names
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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