Once Again to Zelda: The Stories Behind Literature's Most Intriguing Dedications
by Marlene Wagman-Geller
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Author: Marlene Wagman-GellerEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-11-04
ISBN: 0399534628
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Perigee Trade
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- ISBN13: 9780399534621
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Book Reviews of Once Again to Zelda: The Stories Behind Literature's Most Intriguing Dedications
Book Review: Fascinated
Summary: 5 Stars
I read the book as soon as I received it because I have always been curious about book dedications. Book lovers would appreciate the "inside story."
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Summary of Once Again to Zelda: The Stories Behind Literature's Most Intriguing Dedications
A fascinating look at the stories behind the dedications of 50 literary classics.Mary Shelley dedicated Frankenstein to her father, her greatest champion. Charlotte Br?nte dedicated Jane Eyre to William Makepeace Thackeray for his enthusiastic review of the book's first edition. Dostoyevsky dedicated The Brothers Karamazov to his typist-turned-lover Anna Grigoyevna. And, as this collection's title indicates, F. Scott Fitzgerald dedicated his masterpiece The Great Gatsby to his wife Zelda.
Often overlooked, a novel's dedication can say much about an author and his or her relationship to the person for whom the book was consecrated. Once Again to Zelda explores the dedications in fifty iconic books that are an intrinsic part of both literary and pop culture, shedding light on the author's psyche, as well as the social and historic context in which the book was first published.
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