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Anonymity: A Secret History of English Literature

John Mullan

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Description:A fascinatingly rich and entirely original study of why many of the greatest authors of English literature chose to publish their work anonymously.We have forgotten that the first readers of "Gulliver's Travels" or "Sense and Sensibility" had to guess who their authors might be, and that writers like Sir Walter Scott and Charlotte Brontë went to elaborate lengths to keep secret their authorship of the bestselling books of their times. But in fact, anonymity is everywhere and no history of English literature is complete without it. Donne, Marvell, Defoe, Swift, Fanny Burney, Austen, Byron, Thackeray, Lewis Carroll, Tennyson, George Eliot, Sylvia Plath and Doris Lessing - all chose to conceal their names. Why was it so important to authors that they remain unidentified? What was it like to read their books without knowing for certain who had written them?From the sixteenth century to the present, from Edmund Spenser to "Primary Colors," John Mullan explores how the disguises of writers were firsts used and eventually penetrated, how anonymity teased readers and bamboozled critics - and how, when books reviews were also anonymous, critics played tricks in return. With great wit and lucidity, "Anonymity" presents a new and engaging way of enjoying English literature.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Anonymity: A Secret History of English Literature. To get started finding Anonymity: A Secret History of English Literature, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 374

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Faber and Faber

Release: 2007

ISBN: 0571195148

Description: A fascinatingly rich and entirely original study of why many of the greatest authors of English literature chose to publish their work anonymously.We have forgotten that the first readers of "Gulliver's Travels" or "Sense and Sensibility" had to guess who their authors might be, and that writers like Sir Walter Scott and Charlotte Brontë went to elaborate lengths to keep secret their authorship of the bestselling books of their times. But in fact, anonymity is everywhere and no history of English literature is complete without it. Donne, Marvell, Defoe, Swift, Fanny Burney, Austen, Byron, Thackeray, Lewis Carroll, Tennyson, George Eliot, Sylvia Plath and Doris Lessing - all chose to conceal their names. Why was it so important to authors that they remain unidentified? What was it like to read their books without knowing for certain who had written them?From the sixteenth century to the present, from Edmund Spenser to "Primary Colors," John Mullan explores how the disguises of writers were firsts used and eventually penetrated, how anonymity teased readers and bamboozled critics - and how, when books reviews were also anonymous, critics played tricks in return. With great wit and lucidity, "Anonymity" presents a new and engaging way of enjoying English literature.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Anonymity: A Secret History of English Literature. To get started finding Anonymity: A Secret History of English Literature, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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