forename

The supreme symbol for the author is the word; the erudite Hirst in The Voyage Out has the forename St John recalling the evangelist whose opening line was ‘In the beginning was the Word’.

文字是作家最有力的表达符号，《远航》中博学的赫斯特的教名为圣·约翰，取自感召福音的传教士之名。 他在小说中的开场白为：“语言是世界的初始”。