If Locke, Voltaire, Diderot, Montesquieu, and D'Alembert were all in the habit of publishing anonymously, why is it their names are so familiar (and attached to their writings,usually) some 250 years later? Was anonymity merely a ploy, with clues provided somehow for true authorship? In the case of Voltaire, we know this was a 'pen-name.' Was it affixed to his work, and if not, what use would a pen-name have been?
Michael H. Goldhaber Keith Hart wrote: > I have been intrigued by this thread for the light it throws on the > question of authorial anonymity. I have been reading a book by Christopher > Kelly, Rousseau as Author: consecrating one's life to the truth (Chicago > University Press, 2003), especially the hilarious first chapter, > Responsible and irresponsible authors, with section titles including > Naming names, Anonymity and responsibility, etc. It seems that Locke, <...> -- ----- End forwarded message ----- # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
