MLA 2009

MLA 2009

Philadelphia, PA

The Poetry of Names: Onomastic Investigations into the Work of Gertrude Stein

Monday, 28 December, 1:45–3:00 p.m., 302, Philadelphia Marriott

Program arranged by the American Name Society

Presiding: Rebecca Cantor, Claremont Graduate Univ.

1. “The Pedagogy of Names,” Eric Charles LeMay, Columbia Univ.
2. “The Name as Stigma: ‘Jewish’ Names in Thomas Mann,” Yahya Elsaghe, Univ. of Bern
3. “John, Joseph, Mary, Ruth: Early American Religion, Superstition, and Naming Practices,” Rebecca Cantor

Names in Literature

Wednesday, 30 December, 12:00 noon–1:15 p.m., 302, Philadelphia Marriott

Program arranged by the American Name Society

Presiding: Andrea Powell Wolfe, Ball State Univ.

1. “Naming Tess of the D’Urbervilles,” Susan Cook, Univ. of South Florida, Tampa
2. “Referential Plentitude and Place Names in Thomas Hardy’s Wessex,” Tracy Miller, New York Univ.
3. “‘Naming and Claiming’ and Rights to the Gaze in Sherley Anne William’sDessa Rose,” Andrea Powell Wolfe