The commonplace book
Subtitle: a writer's journey through quotations
By: Elizabeth Smither
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Auckland, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781869404765
Subjects: Notebooks, sketchbooks; English Quotations
Description: "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 including Smither's own work."--Publisher's website.