The secret of fame : the literary encounter in an age of distraction
Zaid, Gabriel , 1934-
The secret of fame : the literary encounter in an age of distraction / by Gabriel Zaid ; translated by Natasha Wimmer - 1st Paul Dry Books ed - Philadelphia : Paul Dry Books , 2008. - 182 p. ; 19 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Catching miracles -- Quotations and aphorisms -- Exotic quotations -- Misused quotations -- Accumulable quotations -- At the feet of the footnotes -- Quotable people -- The odds against reading -- Three concepts of complete works -- Foolishly complete works -- Classics and bestsellers -- Shelf theory -- The economics of the limelight -- The rise of the image -- The secret of fame -- What to do with the mediocrities? -- The glorification of the author -- From the microtext to the I.
9781589880382
2008001387
Mexican essays----Translations into English
PQ7298.36.A5 / S43 2008
LAS 864 ZAI
The secret of fame : the literary encounter in an age of distraction / by Gabriel Zaid ; translated by Natasha Wimmer - 1st Paul Dry Books ed - Philadelphia : Paul Dry Books , 2008. - 182 p. ; 19 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Catching miracles -- Quotations and aphorisms -- Exotic quotations -- Misused quotations -- Accumulable quotations -- At the feet of the footnotes -- Quotable people -- The odds against reading -- Three concepts of complete works -- Foolishly complete works -- Classics and bestsellers -- Shelf theory -- The economics of the limelight -- The rise of the image -- The secret of fame -- What to do with the mediocrities? -- The glorification of the author -- From the microtext to the I.
9781589880382
2008001387
Mexican essays----Translations into English
PQ7298.36.A5 / S43 2008
LAS 864 ZAI
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