Ayn Rand’s Anthem: Self-Naming, Individualism, and Anonymity

Ayn Rand’s dystopian novella Anthem is set in an unspecified future, physically and spiritually desolate, with enforced uniformity and a language bereft of all singular pronouns. Anthem, moreover, is profoundly deficient regarding onomastics in general. The society assigns personal names at birth u...

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Main Author: Shoshana Milgram Knapp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2016-04-01
Series:Names
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Online Access:http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/2076