The commonplace book : a writer's journey through quotations.

A 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 screamingl...

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Main Author: Smither, Elizabeth, 1941- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : Auckland University Press, 2011
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