Many of the great books of English literature were first published without their authors' names upon them. But why did authors choose anonymity? And how did it excite the curiosity of their first readers? Ranging from the sixteenth century to the present day, Anonymity looks at the ways in which the disguises of writers such as Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë were first used to tease readers (and bamboozle critics). It is a gripping and fascinating fast-paced tour of many of the greatest works in English, and will enrich and reward all who love to read.
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Many of the great books of English literature were first published without their authors' names upon them. Ranging from the sixteenth century to the present day, Anonymity looks at the ways in which the disguises of writers such as Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë were first used to tease readers (and bamboozle critics).
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Anonymity: A Secret History of English Literature by John Mullan is a fascinatingly rich and original study of why many of the greatest authors chose to publish their work anonymously.

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ISBN
9780571195145
Publisert
2008-01-17
Utgiver
Faber & Faber; Faber & Faber
Vekt
515 gr
Høyde
223 mm
Bredde
143 mm
Dybde
32 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
384

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John Mullan is Professor of English at University College London. He is the author of How Novels Work (OUP) and Sentiment and Sociability: The Language of Feeling in the Eightenth Century (OUP). He has published widely on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literature.A broadcaster and journalist as well as an academic, he writes a weekly column on contemporary fiction for the Guardian.