02151nam 2200505 450 991078774790332120230725040032.01-77558-636-71-86940-748-2(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, EnglishQuotations, English.NZ823.2Smither Elizabeth1941-1464647MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787747903321The commonplace book3739237UNINA