The commonplace book : a writer's journey through quotations / Elizabeth Smither.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smither, Elizabeth, 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quotations, English.

Smither, Elizabeth, 1941---Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.

Smither, Elizabeth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Place of Publication:

Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A repository for a personal collection of quotations, scraps, pensées, and poems, this compilation offers keen insight into the influences and inspirations of a writer, namely Elizabeth Smither. There are no platitudes or sententious maxims here; instead, these sometimes pensive sometimes screamingly funny quotations range from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy to Elizabeth Bennet, from Charles Simic to Montaigne, and from Monty Python to Henry James. Witty and intriguing, this record also demonstrates the results of the creative process by

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Preface; I: The commonplace book of the three fish; II: The Parisian commonplace book; III: The Virginia commonplace book; Acknowledgments; Copyright

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-77558-636-7

1-86940-748-2

OCLC:

863822562