Imperial Names for ‘Practical Cats’: Establishing a Distinctly British Pride in Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
Abstract T. S. Eliot provides three categories — the familial, the particular, and the secretive — to delineate the naming of cats in Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats; however, the poet’s categories fail to explain completely his onomastic decisions. Instead, Eliot’s naming process reflects the A...
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
2013-03-01
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| Online Access: | http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/1969 |