Once Again, to Zelda Hardback - 2008
by Wagman-Geller, Marlene
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
- Author Wagman-Geller, Marlene
- Binding Hardback
- Edition First edition
- Pages 313
- Language EN
- Publisher Perigee Trade, New York
- Date 2008-11-04
- ISBN 9780399534621
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