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Once Again to Zelda: The Stories Behind Literature's Most Intriguing Dedications Hardcover - 2008
by Wagman-Gellar, Marlene
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- Good
- Hardcover
A fascinating look at the stories behindthe dedications of 50 literary classics.
Mary Shelley dedicated Frankenstein to her father,her greatest champion. Charlotte Brönte dedicatedJane Eyre to William Makepeace Thackeray for hisenthusiastic review of the book's first edition.Dostoyevsky dedicated The Brothers Karamazov tohis typist-turned-lover Anna Grigoyevna. And, asthis collection's title indicates, F. Scott Fitzgeralddedicated his masterpiece The Great Gatsby to hiswife Zelda.
Often overlooked, a novel's dedication can say muchabout an author and his or her relationship to theperson for whom the book was consecrated. OnceAgain to Zelda explores the dedications in fifty iconicbooks that are an intrinsic part of both literary andpop culture, shedding light on the author's psyche,as well as the social and historic context in which thebook was first published.
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- Title Once Again to Zelda: The Stories Behind Literature's Most Intriguing Dedications
- Author Wagman-Gellar, Marlene
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First edition
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 313
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Perigee Books, New York
- Date 2008
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0399534628I3N10
- ISBN 9780399534621 / 0399534628
- Weight 0.81 lbs (0.37 kg)
- Dimensions 7.6 x 5.38 x 1.09 in (19.30 x 13.67 x 2.77 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Authors - 20th century, Dedications
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008028659
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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