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Faces of Anonymity

Anonymous and Pseudonymous Publication, 1600-2000

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  • © 2003

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Editors:
  1. Robert J. Griffin

    1. Department of English, Tel Aviv University, Israel

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages iii-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Robert J. Griffin
    Pages 1-17

  3. Rehearsing the Absent Name: Reading Shakespeare’s Sonnets Through Anonymity

    • Marcy L. North
    Pages 19-38

  4. Death of an Author: Constructions of Pseudonymity in the Battle of the Books

    • Kristine Louise Haugen
    Pages 39-62

  5. “ ‘By a Lady’: The Mask of the Feminine in Restoration, Early Eighteenth-Century Print Culture”

    • Margaret J. M. Ezell
    Pages 63-79

  6. The Author’s Queer Clothes: Anonymity, Sex(uality), and The Travels and Adventures of Mademoiselle de Richelieu

    • Susan S. Lanser
    Pages 81-102

  7. Possible Gustavus Vassa/Olaudah Equiano Attributions

    • Vincent Carretta
    Pages 103-139

  8. The Anonymous Novel in Britain and Ireland, 1750–1830

    • James Raven
    Pages 141-166

  9. Nothing’s Namelessness: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

    • Susan Eilenberg
    Pages 167-192

  10. The Coauthored Pseudonym: Two Women Named Michael Field

    • Holly A. Laird
    Pages 193-209

  11. From Ghostwriter to Typewriter: Delegating Authority at Fin de Siècle

    • Leah Price
    Pages 211-231

  12. “A Poet May Not Exist”: Mock-Hoaxes and the Construction of National Identity

    • Brian McHale
    Pages 233-252

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 253-260
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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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of English, Tel Aviv University, Israel

    Robert J. Griffin

About the editor

ROBERT J. GRIFFIN is Associate Professor of English at Tel Aviv University and the Associate Editor of Poetics Today. He is the author of Wordsworth's Pope: A Study in Literary Historiography (Cambridge, 1995) and is completing a book-length manuscript on anonymity and authorship.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Faces of Anonymity

  • Book Subtitle: Anonymous and Pseudonymous Publication, 1600-2000

  • Editors: Robert J. Griffin

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-11109-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-312-29530-1Published: 06 February 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-63566-5Published: 06 February 2003

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-11109-8Published: 27 September 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 260

  • Topics: Anthropology, Fiction

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