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Nom de Plume: A (Secret) History of Pseudonyms

Nom de Plume: A (Secret) History of Pseudonyms - Paperback

by Carmela Ciuraru
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Availability:In StockContributor:Carmela CiuraruSeries:P.S.Publish date:2012-05-29Pages:400
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harper PerennialISBN-13:9780061735271ISBN-10:61735272UPC:9780061735271Book Category:Literary Criticism, Reference, ComputersBook Subcategory:Semiotics & Theory, Genealogy & Heraldry, ReferenceSize:8.00 x 5.30 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SC361RTRMM

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?

Language:EnglishPublisher:Harper PerennialISBN-13:9780061735271ISBN-10:61735272UPC:9780061735271Book Category:Literary Criticism, Reference, ComputersBook Subcategory:Semiotics & Theory, Genealogy & Heraldry, ReferenceSize:8.00 x 5.30 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SC361RTRMM
Ciuraru, Carmela: -

Carmela Ciuraru is not a pseudonym. Her anthologies include First Loves: Poets Introduce the Essential Poems That Captivated and Inspired Them and Solitude Poems. She is a graduate of Columbia University's School of Journalism and a member of the National Book Critics Circle. She has written for the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, Newsday, Elle Decor, ARTNews, O, The Oprah Magazine, and other publications. She lives in Brooklyn.

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