{"product_id":"anonymity-john-mullan-9780691139418","title":"Anonymity: A Secret History of English Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome 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 \u003ci\u003eAnonymity\u003c\/i\u003e, John Mullan gives a fascinating and original history of hidden identity in English literature. From the sixteenth century to today, he explores how the disguises of writers were first used and eventually penetrated, how anonymity teased readers and bamboozled critics--and how, when book reviews were also anonymous, reviewers played tricks of their own in return. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Today we have forgotten that the first readers of \u003ci\u003eGulliver's Travels\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSense and Sensibility\u003c\/i\u003e had to guess who their authors might be, and that writers like Sir Walter Scott and Charlotte Bront  went to elaborate lengths to keep secret their authorship of the best-selling books of their times. But, in fact, anonymity is everywhere in English literature. Spenser, Donne, Marvell, Defoe, Swift, Fanny Burney, Austen, Byron, Thackeray, Lewis Carroll, Tennyson, George Eliot, Sylvia Plath, and Doris Lessing--all hid their names. With great lucidity and wit, \u003ci\u003eAnonymity\u003c\/i\u003e tells the stories of these and many other writers, providing a fast-paced, entertaining, and informative tour through the history of English literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Mullan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691139415\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691139418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/24\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.36h x 5.90w x 1.17d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/08\/2008 pg. 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2008 pg. 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2009","brand":"John Mullan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44120041947391,"sku":"9780691139418","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ce491579-0821-470c-a663-b7e8428e8743.jpg?v=1687412255","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/anonymity-john-mullan-9780691139418","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}