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In July 2017, the world’s media went on a feeding frenzy after J.K. Rowling, celebrated author of the Harry Potter series, revealed in an interview with the American news network CNN that she had an unpublished story hanging in her wardrobe.¹ The fairy tale in question was written all over a party d...
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| Published in | The Typewriter Century p. 121 |
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| Main Author | |
| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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University of Toronto Press
01.02.2021
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| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | In July 2017, the world’s media went on a feeding frenzy after J.K. Rowling, celebrated author of the Harry Potter series, revealed in an interview with the American news network CNN that she had an unpublished story hanging in her wardrobe.¹ The fairy tale in question was written all over a party dress she had worn at her fiftieth birthday. The theme of the costume party had been “come as your own private nightmare,” and Rowling had gone as a lost manuscript. The news of the “hidden manuscript,” or the “secret manuscript” by J.K. Rowling, scooped by CNN, rapidly did |
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| ISBN: | 9781487525736 1487525737 |
| DOI: | 10.3138/9781487537821-009 |