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Anonymity : a secret history of English literature / John Mullan.
Author
Mullan, John, 1958-
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Format
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Language
English
Published/Created
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Description
374 pages ; 22 cm
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PR121 .M85 2007b
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Anonymous writings, English
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History and criticism
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English literature
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Summary note
"Some of the greatest works in English literature were first published without their authors' names. Why did so many authors want to be anonymous and what was it like to read their books without knowing for certain who had written them? In Anonymity, John Mullan gives a history of hidden identity in English literature. From the sixteenth century to today, he explores how the disguises of writers were first used and eventually penetrated, how anonymity teased readers and bamboozled critics - and how, when book reviews were also anonymous, reviewers played tricks of their own in return."--Jacket.
Notes
"First published in 2007 by Faber and Faber ... London"--Title page verso.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-351) and index.
Contents
Mischief
Modesty
Women being men
Men being women
Danger
Reviewing
Mockery and devilry
Confession
Epilogue.
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Secret history of English literature
ISBN
9780691139418 ((acid-free paper))
0691139415
LCCN
2008927833
OCLC
231586803
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