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On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 16:33:57 -0500, Jon Meyers
wrote: William M. Klimon wrote: Or, more specifically, how many authors have become eponyms for their books--or perhaps a genre of books? These come immediately to my mind: Bartlett's (Quotations) Webster's (Dictionary) Fowler's (Modern English Usage) Gray's (Anatomy) Black's (Law Dictionary) Roget's (Thesaurus) Strunk & White (Elements of Style) Prosser (on Torts) Williston (on Contracts) Corbin (on Contracts) Nimmer (on Copyright) etc. Wing (Short Title Catalog) Parsons (Early Catholic Americana) etc. Any other examples? Baedeker Funk & Wagnall's Brewer's (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable) Bulfinch's (Mythology) And some examples one might debate--almost seem to fit, but perhaps not quite: Plutarch('s Lives) Vasari('s Lives) Bede('s History) Aesop('s Fables) --Jon Meyers In the realm of costume reaseach, I'd say that (Janet) Arnold qualifies. And in heraldry there's Fox-Davies, and Von Volborth. |
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Let's not forget the women:
Emily Post (on etiquette) Mrs. Beeton (19th century cookery and household management) Alban |
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"fundoc" wrote in message
... Or, more specifically, how many authors have become eponyms for their books--or perhaps a genre of books? Theo Bible Or better, I would have thought: King James (Bible) William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com |
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"William M. Klimon" wrote in message
news:qkyCe.71903$%Z2.40107@lakeread08... Any other examples? Gold stars for everyone. I can discern a couple of different types--some have become true trademarks, some are just shorthand when the title is too cumbersome, some are used when an important author has only one really major work, etc.--hmm, there is the makings of a thought piece here. Since you've jogged my memory, how about: Debrett's/Burke's (Peerages) [apparently, there were in the past many more and even Burke's is gone now] Bowers (Principles of Bibliographic Description) Guinness (Book of Records) [I guess it's really the brewery, but what the heck] Cappelli (Latin abbreviations) Nestle-Aland (definitive edition of the Greek New Testament) Then there are plenty of genre specific bibliographies: Wright (early American fiction) Bleiler (science fiction) etc. and one of my favorites: Pine-Coffin (English and American accounts of travel in Italy) [I assume the Pines and the Coffins arranged a marriage and familial union sometime in the 18/c just to get one of the cooler names in English letters] If no one objects, I say, keep 'em coming. William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com |
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Ted Eisenstein wrote:
Let's not forget the women: Emily Post (on etiquette) Mrs. Beeton (19th century cookery and household management) Fanny Farmer (Cookbook) --Jon Meyers |
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Jon Meyers wrote:
And some examples one might debate--almost seem to fit, but perhaps not quite: Plutarch('s Lives) Vasari('s Lives) Bede('s History) Aesop('s Fables) Butler's (Lives of the Saints) --Jon Meyers |
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Hoyle's
"William M. Klimon" wrote in message news:qkyCe.71903$%Z2.40107@lakeread08... Or, more specifically, how many authors have become eponyms for their books--or perhaps a genre of books? These come immediately to my mind: Bartlett's (Quotations) Webster's (Dictionary) Fowler's (Modern English Usage) Gray's (Anatomy) Black's (Law Dictionary) Roget's (Thesaurus) Strunk & White (Elements of Style) Those are familiar examples. In the law, there are many, many treatises that have taken on their author's names (even when, as above, the authors are long dead): Prosser (on Torts) Williston (on Contracts) Corbin (on Contracts) Nimmer (on Copyright) etc. I guess for book collectors and bibliographers, we're used to referring to important reference works by the author's name, as well: Wing (Short Title Catalog) Parsons (Early Catholic Americana) etc. Any other examples? William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com |
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William M. Klimon wrote:
I can discern a couple of different types--some have become true trademarks, some are just shorthand when the title is too cumbersome, some are used when an important author has only one really major work, etc.--hmm, there is the makings of a thought piece here. Klimon (on Eponymous Books)? --Jon Meyers |
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William M. Klimon wrote: Or, more specifically, how many authors have become eponyms for their books--or perhaps a genre of books? Let me add in the genre of crime: Hubin (A Bibliography Of Crime Fiction) AL |
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"William M. Klimon" wrote:
Or, more specifically, how many authors have become eponyms for their books--or perhaps a genre of books? These come immediately to my mind: Bartlett's (Quotations) Webster's (Dictionary) Fowler's (Modern English Usage) Gray's (Anatomy) Black's (Law Dictionary) Roget's (Thesaurus) Strunk & White (Elements of Style) Those are familiar examples. In the law, there are many, many treatises that have taken on their author's names (even when, as above, the authors are long dead): Prosser (on Torts) Williston (on Contracts) Corbin (on Contracts) Nimmer (on Copyright) etc. I guess for book collectors and bibliographers, we're used to referring to important reference works by the author's name, as well: Wing (Short Title Catalog) Parsons (Early Catholic Americana) etc. Any other examples? William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com Forgive me if this was already mentioned later in the thread... BRADSTREET ( the name of the author of a commonly available and useful street guide to Victorian London ), using this guide became known as 'consulting a Bradstreet'. -- Swimming in the rivers of light. |
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