Anonymity : a secret history of English literature / John Mullan.

"Some of the greatest works in English literature were first published without their authors' names. Why did so many authors want to be anonymous and what was it like to read their books without knowing for certain who had written them? In Anonymity, John Mullan gives a history of hidden i...

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Main Author: Mullan, John, 1958-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2007.
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