Nom de Plume - A (Secret) History of Pseudonyms

MaryAnne Evans. Charles Dodgson. Eric Blair. William Sydney Porter. Or, as they aremore commonly remembered, George Eliot, Lewis Carroll, George Orwell, and O.Henry. For these writers and many others, from Mark Twain to Stan Lee to RobertJordan, the invocation of a nom de plume has been an essential part inthe creation of an authorial identity. Now, in a captivating series ofbiographical snapshots exploring the lives of famous authors and their pennames, author Carmela Ciuraru delivers a unique literaryhistory and a penetrating examination of identity, creativity, andself-creation, revisiting the enduring question--what''s in a name?>

Product details

• Authors: Carmela Ciuraru
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.05.2012
• EAN: 9780061735271
• ISBN: 978-0-06-173527-1
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 23 mm
• Series: P.S.
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > General, dictionaries; Historical fiction, Trivia and quiz questions, Literature: history and criticism, FICTION: Women, LITERARY CRITICISM: Books & Reading, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Reference, REFERENCE: Trivia, LITERARY CRITICISM: General, COMPUTERS: Reference