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I Am Become a Name: The uncle I never knew and the war that was his.

In the article, the author discusses the importance of names and naming by explaining why he was named after his uncle. Other topics include the experiences of alienation as experienced by the character of Aeneas in the poem "Aeneid" by Virgil and Ulysses in Alfred Tennyson's poem "I am become a nam...

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Published in:American Scholar Vol. 92; no. 1; pp. 78 - 90
Main Author: KIRCHWEY, KARL
Format: Article
Published: Phi Beta Kappa Society Winter2023
Subjects:
Names
Alienation (Philosophy)
Kinship
Aeneid
Onomasiology
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:In the article, the author discusses the importance of names and naming by explaining why he was named after his uncle. Other topics include the experiences of alienation as experienced by the character of Aeneas in the poem "Aeneid" by Virgil and Ulysses in Alfred Tennyson's poem "I am become a name," as well as the photographs of his uncle.