Faces of Anonymity
R. . Ed(S): Griffin
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Paperback. Editor(s): Griffin, R. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 349.
This pathbreaking collection of original essays surveys an important but neglected topic: anonymous publication in England for the Elizabethan age to the present. An impressive group of scholars analyzes a wide range of literary phenomena including: Shakespeare in 17th century commonplace books; the phrase 'By a Lady'; the implied author of an eighteenth century queer fiction; Bentley and the battle of books; essays by Equiano (?); the novel, 1750 - 1830; Frankenstein's unnamed monster; the co-authored pseudonym Michael Field; nineteenth century ghostwriting; and a postmodern hoax on national identity. The editor's introduction places the essays within the context of the ... Read more
This pathbreaking collection of original essays surveys an important but neglected topic: anonymous publication in England for the Elizabethan age to the present. An impressive group of scholars analyzes a wide range of literary phenomena including: Shakespeare in 17th century commonplace books; the phrase 'By a Lady'; the implied author of an eighteenth century queer fiction; Bentley and the battle of books; essays by Equiano (?); the novel, 1750 - 1830; Frankenstein's unnamed monster; the co-authored pseudonym Michael Field; nineteenth century ghostwriting; and a postmodern hoax on national identity. The editor's introduction places the essays within the context of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349635665
SKU
V9781349635665
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About R. . Ed(S): Griffin
ROBERT J. GRIFFIN is Associate Professor of English at Tel Aviv University and the Associate Editor of Poetics Today. He is the author of Wordsworth's Pope: A Study in Literary Historiography (Cambridge, 1995) and is completing a book-length manuscript on anonymity and authorship.
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