The Mammoth Book of Literary Anecdotes: Over Five Centuries of Recollections, Essays and Quotes - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786710039 ISBN 13: 9780786710034

Publisher: Carroll & Graf, 2002

Synopsis

"Who would write who had anything better to do?" queried Lord Byron rhetorically, and in this anthology, Philip Gooden finds hundreds of illuminating anecdotes about writers in support of this pithy remark. The stories tell us about the things writers got up to when not at their typewriters, from how Elizabethan playwright Ben Johnson escaped the gallows after having killed a man, to the first meeting between Anais Nin and Henry Miller.

About this title

Synopsis

Who would write who had anything better to do? asked Lord Byron rhetorically, and in this amusing and informative anthology author Philip Gooden finds hundreds of illuminating anecdotes to reveal what writers got up to when they were not sitting at the typewriter or wielding quill pens. Over 250 stories of famous writers off-duty, from the sixteenth century to the present day, are featured. Among the forty wide-ranging sections, covering famous writers from the sixteenth century to the present day, are "Writers and Money," "Writers and Crime," "Writers and Sex," "Writers and Lost Typescripts," "Writers and Alcohol," "Writers and the Public," "Writers and Inspiration," and "Writers and Best Sellers. "

About the Author

Philip Gooden, author of the Elizabethean-set Nick Revill murder mystery series, has had his short stories published in anthologies. He is also editor, most recently, of The Mammoth Book of Literary Anecdotes. He is actively involved with the Crime Writers' Association and contributes to its magazine, Red Herrings. He lives in Bath.

Philip Gooden, author of the Elizabethean-set Nick Revill murder mystery series, has had his short stories published in anthologies. He is also editor, most recently, of The Mammoth Book of Literary Anecdotes. He is actively involved with the Crime Writers' Association and contributes to its magazine, Red Herrings. He lives in Bath.

Edition details

• Publisher: Carroll & Graf
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0786710039
• ISBN 13: 9780786710034
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 512
• Editor: Gooden Philip