Malvolio's Manipulated Name

Abstract The way Malvolio's name in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night relates to the code he gives us, M.DA.I., suggests some kind of correlation or metathesis. The most provocative solution is a recondite French origin, notably by way of Montaigne (but also in terms of Malvenu in Spenser's...

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Main Author: Robert F. Fleissner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 1991-06-01
Series:Names
Online Access:http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/1281