What’s in a Name?: The Power of Austin’s Performative Applied to Changes in Identity in Ruy Blas and Cyrano de Bergerac

William B Holley

doi:10.1353/rmc.2010.0028

What’s in a Name?: The Power of Austin’s Performative Applied to Changes in Identity in Ruy Blas and Cyrano de Bergerac

William B Holley

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Work published in Romance Notes V. 50 N. 2

Original language	American English
Journal	Romance Notes
Volume	50
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/rmc.2010.0028
State	Published - 2010

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Arts and Humanities
French and Francophone Language and Literature
French and Francophone Literature
French Linguistics

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What’s in a Name?: The Power of Austin’s Performative Applied to Changes in Identity in Ruy Blas and Cyrano de Bergerac

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