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Cover: 9780712355834 | When Books Go Bad | Alex Johnson | Buch | Englisch | 2025
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When Books Go Bad
Tales of Literary Feuds, Publishing Errors and Withering Reviews
Buch von Alex Johnson
Sprache: Englisch

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The literary life isn't just about curling up with a good book and a cuppa, it's also a world where Lord Byron calls John Keats' work " piss-a-bed poetry", spaniels eat the first drafts of masterpieces and gung-ho Ben Jonson shows he's more than happy to prove the sword is mightier than the pen. When Books Go Bad: The Book of Literary Scandals shows that behind the jaunty covers and feelgood memoirs is a dingier world of personal insults, physical blows, and publishing errors. It's one where books suffer bad endings and libraries impose bizarre sanctions. It's a story of writers behaving badly since Sophocles clashed quills with Euripedes, defacing books, abandoning spouses, and regretting choosing Dylan Thomas to be the Best Man at their wedding. Elsewhere it looks at hot take reviews, sniffy dedications, publishers' rejection letters, literary friendships gone sour and why you should never lick a book with a green cover. The book weaves original documents, rare books and historical anecdotes into an entertaining alternative history of the literary canon.
The literary life isn't just about curling up with a good book and a cuppa, it's also a world where Lord Byron calls John Keats' work " piss-a-bed poetry", spaniels eat the first drafts of masterpieces and gung-ho Ben Jonson shows he's more than happy to prove the sword is mightier than the pen. When Books Go Bad: The Book of Literary Scandals shows that behind the jaunty covers and feelgood memoirs is a dingier world of personal insults, physical blows, and publishing errors. It's one where books suffer bad endings and libraries impose bizarre sanctions. It's a story of writers behaving badly since Sophocles clashed quills with Euripedes, defacing books, abandoning spouses, and regretting choosing Dylan Thomas to be the Best Man at their wedding. Elsewhere it looks at hot take reviews, sniffy dedications, publishers' rejection letters, literary friendships gone sour and why you should never lick a book with a green cover. The book weaves original documents, rare books and historical anecdotes into an entertaining alternative history of the literary canon.
Über den Autor

Alex Johnson is the author of numerous books on art, music, sheds, and books about books. His titles for the British Library include A Book of Book Lists (2017), Shelf Life (2018), Edward Lear and the Pussycat: Famous Writers and their Pets (2019), How to Give Your Child a Lifelong Love of Reading (2020), and The Book Lover's Joke Book (2022).

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Genre: Allgemeine Lexika, Importe
Rubrik: Literaturwissenschaft
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9780712355834
ISBN-10: 0712355839
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Johnson, Alex
Hersteller: British Library Publishing
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 200 x 133 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: Alex Johnson
Erscheinungsdatum: 14.10.2025
Gewicht: 0,41 kg
Artikel-ID: 136778723
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