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The new Oxford book of literary anecdotes
By Gross, John M.
- ISBN
- 978-0-19280-468-6
- Publisher
- Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2006.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on July 15, 2006
Gross (A Double Thread ), former editor of theNew York Times andTimes Literary Supplement , has compiled more than 700 anecdotes about English-language writers, from Geoffrey Chaucer to J.K. Rowling. The brief, chronologically-arranged (by subject's birth date) entries offer a glimpse into the personalities and times of these authors. In some cases, italicized commentary explains context. The material is often humor...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
