Wouldn't it be great to be a fly on the wall as the great writers
took pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard)? While reading this
work, you'll be just that. Here are behind-the-book stories and
facts about authors, publishing and everything literary that will
entertain both casual and serious readers. Among the questions
asked and answered:
- When Did Literature Finally Get Sexy?
- Is Coffee or Opium Better for Literary Creativity?
- Why Are the Best Autobiographies so Embarrassing?
- Why Do Some Detectives Use Their Minds and Others Their Fists?
Who knew that bestseller lists and children's books could be the
source of intense controversy? Or that even the biggest writers had
to scrape by, with odd jobs and inventions like the Mark Twain
Self-Pasting Scrapbook? In "Literary Miscellany," examine the trend
of "fake memoirs," with a list of who lied about what, and a
rogues' gallery of hoaxers dating back centuries. From epic poetry
and Homer to pulp fiction and Harry Potter, "Literary Miscellany"
is a breezy tour through the literature of today and yesterday,
packed with enough interesting facts to entertain both the erudite
professor and pleasure reader.
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