Acts of Naming The Family Plot in Fiction
by Michael Ragussis
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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About This Item
New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1986. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very good conditon. Very good jacket. Includes introduction, epilogue, notes, and index. 268 pages. This book provides the first comprehensive study of names and naming in fiction, rereading the novelistic tradition to show that acts of naming - bestowing, revealing, or earning of a name; taking away, hiding, or prohibiting a name; slandering, protecting, or serving a name - lie at the center of fictional plots from the 18th century to the present..
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- First Landing Books & Art (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Acts of Naming The Family Plot in Fiction
- Author
- Michael Ragussis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- plots, fiction, Oliver twist, the Scarlet Letter, naming, Lolita, Etymology, Allegory
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- Literature;
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