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Write cut rewrite : the cutting room floor of modern literature

Hulle, Dirk van2024

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Imagine looking over the shoulder of your favourite author and witnessing the moment they begin writing the opening chapter of their best-loved novel. What you might see is that the author has to write, cut and rewrite their words, often many times, in order to find the right form. Unearthing what has been jettisoned, moved or edited can give us valuable insights into the creative process. Editorial decisions are documented in an extraordinary number of literary manuscripts, notebooks and letters preserved in libraries and archives. What would 'Frankenstein' have looked like if Mary and Percy Shelley had not collaborated on the draft? Would we view 'The Wind in the Willows' differently if its title had remained 'The Mole and the Water Rat'? This highly illustrated book invites you to explore these roads-not-taken and discover ideas which did not make it into renowned novels, poems and plays.