Calling literary intellectuals (seriously!)

Desert Orchid

Desert Orchid

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Can anyone tell me the name of the literary term for when the title of a work appears within the text, eg:

In A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche says, "... they told me to take a streetcar named Desire..."

(Eponym/eponymous is something different.)

Thanks in advance.
 
Hmm, not as I understand them, Drone.

It's kind of like an eponym but different, which is what's causing the bother.

You could say "Desire" is the eponymous streetcar but it doesn't cover the idea of the title of the story being mentioned as part of the text.

There's also a line in To Kill a Mockingbird with says something like, "Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy . . . but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”
 
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If you fancy a quiet weekend in front of the 'puter have a plough through this lot:

https://literarydevices.net/

Hope there's a name lurking on that long list for what seems to be 'a literary device used to produce an eye-catching title by employing a memorable phrase from the book'

Harper Lee wanted to call To Kill a Mockingbird 'Atticus'. A good writer but obviously not a saleswoman:)
 
:)

I had a quick look through that list and checked the ones I didn't recognise. I don't think it's in there.
 
Does this help?
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TitleDrop

Sorry if it's not linked correctly- I'm typing this from a phone I can barely work!
 
Indeed it does, Triptych!

Mrs O just confirmed the same. (She's a retired DHT, formerly head of English Dept.)

Title Drop sounds good if the title is decided first otherwise my sense of logic would want something like Title Uplift but apparently it does work both ways.

Many thanks.
 
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