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- Title
Proper Naming; Personal Names in Literature.
- Authors
Fowler, Alastair
- Abstract
The article discusses some arguments about proper names and language. The Normans' introduction of a system of surnames is outlined. The approach in personal naming during the 16th century is described. It discusses the similar arrays of names offered by English literature, particularly in the allegorical houses of dream-vision. The importance of groups of names in late modernist and postmodernist fiction is emphasized. The significance of naming consequently warrants more concentrated attention than it has generally received.
- Subjects
NAMES; ENGLISH language; LANGUAGE &; languages; ENGLISH literature; PERSONAL names; LITERATURE; LINGUISTICS; NORMANS; NORSE people
- Publication
Essays in Criticism, 2008, Vol 58, Issue 2, p97
- ISSN
0014-0856
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/escrit/cgn001