Acts of naming : the family plot in fiction /

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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Main Author:	Ragussis, Michael
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.
Subjects:	English fiction > History and criticism. Names, Personal, in literature. Families in literature. American fiction > History and criticism. Plots (Drama, novel, etc.) Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:	Available via EBSCO eBook Collection
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