Theos-Talk Archives (December 2010 Message tt00183)

Not to mention the royalties - as a female writer she would have paid a 
pittance!
Cass


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>Sent: Sat, 25 December, 2010 4:37:19 AM
>Subject: theos-talk Re: BRITTEN, Theosophy, Blavatsky, and use of pseudonyms
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>--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Drpsionic@... wrote:
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>> The use of pen names was far more common in the 19th century than it is now 
>> for a whole bunch of reasons that no longer exist any more.
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>> Chuck the Heretic
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>Reason #1?-- Women writing under male names to give authority to their writings 
>that would be denied them on the basis of gender. But if Chevalier Louis is 
>undoubtedly our Emma in some ways... whose fictionalized portrait is he? Several 
>prototypes compete for plausibility.
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