[Vwoolf] Herr Issyvoo

[Davis, Michael]

It might be worth noting that Oscar Wilde had explicitly linked the
Bradshaw guide with naming in the 4-act version of The Importance of Being
Earnest, a play in which naming is of course thematized throughout:

Jack:  Station! Who on earth is talking about a station?  I merely want to
find out my father's Christian name.

Chasuble:  But you have handed me a Bradshaw.  Of 1869, I observe.  A book
of considerable antiquarian interest:  but not in any way bearing on the
question of the names usually conferred on Generals at baptism.

Michael F. Davis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Associate Chair
Department  of English
Le Moyne College
Syracuse, NY 13214
USA



On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 9:19 PM, Andre Gerard <grenpipiens at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would think Roy is right.  Almost certainly Virginia used the name
> because of George Bradshaw of Bradshaw guide fame.  Interesting that she
> carried the exact name over to Mrs. Dalloway.  Anne Fernald connects Mrs.
> Dalloway's William Bradshaw  to the Bradshaw lecture of the Royal College
> of Physicians.  George Bradshaw's reputation for detail and reliability
> would also play into Sir William.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradshaw%27s_Guide
>
> On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Peter Stansky <stansky at stanford.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Sorry typo. f should read r in Bradshaw.  Peter
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> > On 19 Jul 2015, at 15:34, Peter Stansky <stansky at stanford.edu> wrote:
>> >
>> > I believe Isherwood's full name was Christopher William
>> Bfadshaw-Isherwood.  Peter
>> >
>> > Sent from my iPad
>> >
>> >> On 19 Jul 2015, at 14:53, Roy Johnson <roy at mantex.co.uk> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Bradshaw - Trains - Go figure :-)
>> >>
>> >> Roy Johnson
>> >> www.mantex.co.uk
>> >>
>> >> ________________________________________
>> >> From: Vwoolf [vwoolf-bounces at lists.osu.edu] on behalf of Stuart N.
>> Clarke [stuart.n.clarke at btinternet.com]
>> >> Sent: 19 July 2015 22:44
>> >> To: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu
>> >> Subject: [Vwoolf] Herr Issyvoo
>> >>
>> >> The narrator of “Mr Norris Changes Trains” is called William Bradshaw.
>> >>
>> >> Warum?
>> >>
>> >> Stuart
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