Zaid, Gabriel  , 1934- <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781589880382 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008001387 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mexican essays----Translations into English
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PQ7298.36.A5  / S43 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>LAS 864 ZAI