Faces of Anonymity
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Faces of Anonymity

Anonymous and Pseudonymous Publication, 1600-2000

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eBook - PDF

Faces of Anonymity

Anonymous and Pseudonymous Publication, 1600-2000

About this book

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 historical trajectory of anonymous authorship. Essential reading for anyone interested in authorship and the history of the book.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Notes on Contributors
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter One Rehearsing the Absent Name: Reading Shakespeare’s Sonnets Through Anonymity
  9. Chapter Two Death of an Author: Constructions of Pseudonymity in the Battle of the Books
  10. Chapter Three “‘By a Lady’: The Mask of the Feminine in Restoration, Early Eighteenth-Century Print Culture”
  11. Chapter Four The Author’s Queer Clothes: Anonymity, Sex(uality), and The Travels and Adventures cif Mademoiselle de Richelieu
  12. Chapter Five Possible Gustavus Vassal Olaudah Equiano Attributions
  13. Chapter Six The Anonymous Novel in Britain and Ireland, 1750-1830
  14. Chapter Seven Nothing’s Namelessness: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
  15. Chapter Eight The Coauthored Pseudonym: Two Women Named Michael Field
  16. Chapter Nine From Ghostwriter to Typewriter: Delegating Authority at Fin de Siecle
  17. Chapter Ten “A Poet May Not Exist”: Mock-Hoaxes and the Construction of National Identity
  18. Index