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?

Author: Carmela Ciuraru
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 05/29/2012
Series: P.S.
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.30w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780061735271