Many Wonderful Writers Have Been Lost To History. Christopher Fowler Looks At Reasons Why
(ArtsJournal Theatre)

Ultimately, the reasons for a noteworthy author´s obscurity are as various as the authors themselves. Fowler´s findings show that other contributing factors seem to include underrating their own work, reclusiveness, and genre (with notable exceptions, comic writers tend not to be taken seriously enough to preserve). The caprices of fashion hit populist fiction especially hard; […]