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Michael Ragussis re-reads the novelistic tradition by arguing that acts of naming--such as bestowing, earning, slandering or protecting a name--lie at the center of fictional plots from the 18th century to the present.
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Michael Ragussis is at Georgetown University.
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In this book, the author 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 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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