By any other name : a novel / Jodi Picoult
"As an undergraduate, Melina Green had a rare opportunity to have one of her first plays judged by famous theater critic Jasper Tolle, only to be publicly humiliated by a harsh and biased critique. Ten years later, her confidence as a playwright has never recovered, although she has just completed a work that she thinks is her best yet. It is based on the life of her ancestor Emilia Bassano, the first published female poet in England--and rumored to be the "Dark Lady" of Shakespeare's sonnets--but whom some scholars suspect may be the real author of a number of his plays. Melina wonders if she dares risk failure again, and then her best friend takes the decision out of her hands and submits it to a festival under a male pseudonym. In 1581, the young orphan Emilia Bassano is being raised in the ways of English aristocracy by the Baron Willoughby and his sister. Her lessons on languages, reading, and writing have endowed her with a sharp wit and a gift for storytelling. But like most women of her day, she has no control over her fate, and is ripped from her old life and forced to become a courtesan to Lord Hunsdon, a man knighted by Queen Elizabeth as the Lord Chamberlain in charge of all theater in London. Though she has no other freedoms, and inspired by the work of the most brilliant playwrights of the time, she pseudonymously sets her own pen to paper to tell a story."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593497210
- ISBN: 059349721X
- Physical Description: 525 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, 2024
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [523]-525). |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Lanyer, Aemilia > Fiction. Women dramatists > Fiction. Women > Fiction. |
Genre: | Biographical fiction. Domestic fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 9 of 164 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 0 of 1 copy available at Nantahala Regional Library. (Show)
Holds
- 213 current holds with 164 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Andrews Public Library | F PIC (Text) | 80605003726485 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 11/27/2024 |
Albemarle Main Library | FIC Picoult (Text) | 31010000862716 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 09/12/2024 |
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | F PICOULT (Text) | 39493110119080 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 09/10/2024 |
Alleghany Public Library | F PICOULT (Text) | 30664100342879 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 09/06/2024 |
Anderson Creek Public Library | F Pic (Text) | 33630005404509 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 09/19/2024 |
Angier Public Library | F Pic (Text) | 33632002273218 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Ashe County Public Library | F PIC (Text) | 50503300489871 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 09/20/2024 |
Ashe County Public Library | F PIC (Text) | 50503300489889 | Adult New Fiction | In process | - |
BHM Headquarters Library | FIC (Text) | 38344101761334 | Adult Fiction | In process | - |
Bath Community Library | MCN FIC (Text) | 38344101699435 | Mcnaughton Fiction | Checked out | 09/18/2024 |