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Title: | Literary Taste - Some Fossilized Preferences | Contributor(s): | Ryan, John S (author) | Publication Date: | 1965 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/11129 | Abstract: | "All, all must perish; but, surviving last, The love of letters half preserves the past. True, some decay, yet not a few revive: Though those shall sink, which now appear to thrive, As custom arbitrates, whose shifting sway Our life and language must alike obey." --Byron, 'Hints from Horace'. Although place-names might not be first thought of in a search for evidence of literary tastes, many names on the map of this country bear witness to the books with popular appeal in past generations and particularly during the nineteenth century, the age when cultured taste found expression in the unlikely field of toponomy. If we ignore the frequent but general references to classical literature in the bestowals of the period up to 1830, we may find many names with specific associations in the early literature of Western Europe and of England. One of the earliest, Vaucluse (in New South Wales) was given to his estate there by W. C. Wentworth in 1827 in honour of the little village in France where Petrarch was born and first saw his Laura. Another ancient name, this time with Arthurian associations, is Avalon (New South Wales) which commemorates the Somerset hamlet where Joseph of Arimathea, St. Patrick and King Arthur are all said to have been. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Names: A journal of onomastics, 13(2), p. 116-124 | Publisher: | Fairleigh Dickinson University | Place of Publication: | United States of America | ISSN: | 1756-2279 0027-7738 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 160402 Recreation, Leisure and Tourism Geography 120599 Urban and Regional Planning not elsewhere classified 190399 Journalism and Professional Writing not elsewhere classified |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 959999 Cultural Understanding not elsewhere classified 950304 Conserving Intangible Cultural Heritage 950104 The Creative Arts (incl. Graphics and Craft) |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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