Calling, Naming, and Coming of Age in Ernest Gaines's “A Gathering of Old Men”

Abstract In his 1983 novel, A Gathering of old Men, Ernest Gaines deploys characters' names so as to point to their implications in a society in which social stratification based on color and race is the norm. He draws his readers' attention to the importance of names by the headings he us...

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Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Joseph Griffin
Format: Artikel
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 1992-06-01
Schriftenreihe:Names
Online Zugang:http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/1322