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> Despite their fascination with their subject, the authors of this splendid and intriguing work have forgone the temptations of pseudonymity, each writing unde
by chris_st 6y ago
> Despite their fascination with their subject, the authors of this splendid and intriguing work have forgone the temptations of pseudonymity, each writing under her and his own name.
Can someone explain this to me? Why would the writer of a work of history be tempted to write under a pseudonym?
- currymj 6y agothe monk in question used a lot of pseudonyms.
- dfxm12 6y agoAs the context provides, the critic is simply making a callback to a character from an earlier book written by one of the authors. It's not actually tempting to use a pseudonym; the critic is trying to add some color to the review.
- chris_st 6y agoThanks, I missed that.