LEADER 02151nam 2200505 450 001 9910816765203321 005 20230725040032.0 010 $a1-77558-636-7 010 $a1-86940-748-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000492065 035 $a(EBL)1531110 035 $a(OCoLC)863822562 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001060750 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11985605 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001060750 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11088122 035 $a(PQKB)11447833 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1531110 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1531110 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10817614 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000492065 100 $a20111207d2011 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe commonplace book $ea writer's journey through quotations /$fElizabeth Smither 210 1$aAuckland, N.Z. :$cAuckland University Press,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (200 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-86940-476-9 327 $aCover; Title Page; Dedication; Preface; I: The commonplace book of the three fish; II: The Parisian commonplace book; III: The Virginia commonplace book; Acknowledgments; Copyright 330 $aA repository for a personal collection of quotations, scraps, pense?es, 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 606 $aQuotations, English 615 0$aQuotations, English. 676 $aNZ823.2 700 $aSmither$b Elizabeth$f1941-$01663133 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816765203321 996 $aThe commonplace book$94068525 997 $aUNINA