Affirmative Naming in No Name
Abstract In the Victorian novel No Name, Wilkie Collins uses naming and unnaming to show the powerless state of women under English common law. When Magdalen Vanstone discovers she is both illegitimate and disinherited after her parents’ sudden death, she loses her wealth, social identity, and name...
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
2004-03-01
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| Series: | Names |
| Online Access: | http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/1699 |