A Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms in the English Language
- ISBN-10
- 0720123836
- ISBN-13
- 9780720123838
- Series
- A Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms in the English Language
- Category
- Acronyms and pseudonyms, English
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Burns & Oates
- Authors
- Carty, Terence John Carty
Description
Who was Jane Somers and what did she write? What was A.M. Barnard's real name? It is well known that the author of Alice in Wonderland was the Reverend Charles Dodgson, writing under the name Lewis Carroll, but not many people know that Louisa May Alcott wrote for an adult audience under the name of A.M. Barnard, or that Doris Lessing published under her maiden name Jane Somers. The Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms provides some 16,800 English language literary pseudonyms, giving the real names of nearly 10,600 authors, writing books, and in journals and newspapers from the 16th Century to the present day. This comprehensive dictionary lists literary writers in English from Britain, America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa in an easy-to-use format. Writers can be referenced either by their real name or the literary pseudonym(s) under which they wrote and are arranged alphabetically both by real name and by pseudonym. This invaluable guide to four centuries of writings in English is must-have for the shelf of any serious bibliophile.
