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Author Smither, Elizabeth, 1941- author.

Title The commonplace book : a writer's journey through quotations
Published Chicago : Auckland University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (220 pages)
Contents Cover Page; Title Page; Dedication; Preface; I The commonplace book of the three fish; II The Parisian commonplace book; III The Virginia commonplace book; Copyright Page; Backcover
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
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Subject Smither, Elizabeth, 1941- -- Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc
SUBJECT Smither, Elizabeth, 1941- fast (OCoLC)fst00104360
Subject Quotations, English.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
Quotations, English.
Genre/Form quotations (texts)
sketchbooks.
Sketchbooks.
Quotations.
Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
Quotations.
Sketchbooks.
Citations.
Albums de croquis.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781775581741
1775581748
9781775586364
1775586367