TY - BOOK ID - 78072681 TI - Literary names PY - 2012 SN - 1283851318 0191650986 9780191650987 9781283851312 9780199592227 0199592225 9780198709688 0198709684 0191650994 PB - Oxford Oxford University Press DB - UniCat KW - Names, Personal, in literature. KW - Anonyms and pseudonyms in literature. KW - English literature KW - History and criticism. KW - 820 KW - Engelse literatuur UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78072681 AB - 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 rewarding light on the work ofliterature itself. He traces the history of names through Homer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton, Thackeray, Dickens, Joyc ER -