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Nom de Plume: A (Secret) History of Pseudonyms

By (author) Carmela Ciuraru

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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?

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Normally shipped | Available from overseas. Usually dispatched in 14 days
Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Published date | 29 May 2012
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 400
Dimensions | 203 x 135 x 28mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 249g
ISBN | 978-0-0617-3527-1
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BISAC | literary criticism / semiotics & theory

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