Vol. 39 No. 2 (1991)
Research Article

Malvolio's Manipulated Name

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  • Robert F. Fleissner
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1179/nam.1991.39.2.95

Published 1991-06-01

Copyright (c) 1991 Maney

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Abstract

Abstract

The way Malvolio's name in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night relates to the code he gives us, M.DA.I., suggests some kind of correlation or metathesis. The most provocative solution is a recondite French origin, notably by way of Montaigne (but also in terms of Malvenu in Spenser's Faerie Queene).

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