Open AccessPrufrock-Shmufrock? An Appendage to J. Alfred's Nomenclature
Author(s) -
Robert F. Fleissner
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
names
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1756-2279
pISSN - 0027-7738
DOI - 10.1179/nam.1993.41.1.15
Subject(s) - meaning (existential) , philosophy , order (exchange) , linguistics , nomenclature , literature , history , epistemology , art , biology , taxonomy (biology) , finance , economics , botany
Is Prufrock's name a mere will-o'-the-wisp? Several lengthy studies of its meaning, etymologically and onomastically (or connotatively), have raised a number of issues concerning what Eliot had in mind, consciously or unconsciously. These have, to some extent, overlapped, and so a study bringing them together is in order. Each segment of the full name deserves careful study again, including the ambiguous initial, the resonant middle name, and the Germanic surname.