02184nam 2200517 450 991046316650332120200520144314.01-77558-636-71-86940-748-2(CKB)2670000000492065(EBL)1531110(OCoLC)863822562(SSID)ssj0001060750(PQKBManifestationID)11985605(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001060750(PQKBWorkID)11088122(PQKB)11447833(MiAaPQ)EBC1531110(Au-PeEL)EBL1531110(CaPaEBR)ebr10817614(EXLCZ)99267000000049206520111207d2011 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe commonplace book a writer's journey through quotations /Elizabeth SmitherAuckland, N.Z. :Auckland University Press,2011.1 online resource (200 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-86940-476-9 Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Preface; I: The commonplace book of the three fish; II: The Parisian commonplace book; III: The Virginia commonplace book; Acknowledgments; CopyrightA 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 Quotations, EnglishElectronic books.Quotations, English.NZ823.2Smither Elizabeth1941-957519MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463166503321The commonplace book2168828UNINA