Anonymity : a secret history of English literature / John Mullan.

Author
Mullan, John, 1958- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Description
374 pages ; 22 cm

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    "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.
    Other title(s)
    Secret history of English literature
    ISBN
    • 9780691139418 ((acid-free paper))
    • 0691139415
    LCCN
    2008927833
    OCLC
    231586803
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