The secret of fame
By: Gabriel Zaid ; translated by Natasha Wimmer
Publisher: Paul Dry Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Philadelphia, Penn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9781589880382
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Catching miracles; title: Quotations and aphorisms; title: Exotic quotations; title: Misused quotations; title: Accumulable quotations; title: At the feet of footnotes; title: Quotable people; title: The odds against reading; title: Three concepts of complete works; title: Foolishly complete works; title: Classics and bestsellers; title: Shelf theory; title: The economics of the limelight; title: The rise of the image; title: The secret of fame; title: What to do with the mediocrities?; title: The glorification of the author; title: From the microtext to the I.