Pen Names: What's In A Name?

I began writing after all the deaths in my family. I used the name H.H., I guess I was just starting out and didn't feel secure enough to use my full name. My friend Emerson liked my writings and used many of my works in his public reading. I did use my full name when I wrote a book condemning state and federal Indian policy. I detailed that book about broken treaties.

Some authors use pen names instead of their real names. Why is that so? Some authors use it because of discrimination, to get a fresh new start, or just to publish more books. Give me a second to inform you all about this topic

What was the significance of women writers during this era of literature? What did their female characters “suggest” about human beings (particularly women)?

Whether it is because they think it is easier to be taken seriously or not. In “Doe Season” by David Kaplan, Charlie Spoon is very critical of Andy’s choice to go by Andy when her real name is Andrea. Spoon is condemning of Andy’s choice saying “you’re half boy anyway. You go by a boy’s name”(149).Throughout history many females have gone by male names, this is most easily seen in authors. According to CNN “most female authors purposefully opt for a male pseudonym to appeal to a wider audience” (Lytton). In an interview with CNN Carmela Ciuraru, author of “Nom de plume: A history of pseudonyms”, states that sometimes it’s easier to be taken seriously as a man (CNN). By going by male names female authors prove that regardless of the name on the cover of the book the content is still just as appealing. This is seen in “Doe Season” as well. Regardless of what Andy chooses to go by she proves girls can still hunt just as well as the boys can. Just as the authors proved that no matter what you go by, the book will still sell. Andy challenged social norms by going by a ‘boys’ name , by doing this it proves that girls are just as capable as

Pseudonymity is the practice of creating new works in the name of a famous deceased author that was widespread in both Hellenistic Judaism and early Christianity. It is the production of unknown Christians who adopted the Jewish literary convention of writing under an assumed identity. Some of these works have been accepted into the cannon. Someone using the pseudonym of another to write a letter was a common practice in Hellenistic Judaism and early Christianity. Today it would be considered intellectual theft for claiming to be someone they are not. In the 1st century, this practice was a way of writing from the position of authority. By using the name of Paul the writer of the letter gets the audience's attention and hopes to communicate

Approximately sixty-one percent of all people posting comments online use a pseudonym or “pen name.” In the book The Gospel According to Larry, Josh Swensen unhesitantly decided to start an online blog where he wrote about controversial topics and used the name Larry to stay anonymous. Looking at literature other than online, Samuel Clemens used pen names in most of the books he wrote; his most famous pen name being Mark Twain. Josh Swensen and Samuel Clemens were alike and divergent in many ways considering that they both used a pen name and avoided having their work be directly associated with themselves, but Clemens did not feel as anxious about showing his true identity as Swensen.

Authors choose to use pen names because it gives them the power to free write. Also it gives them an alter ego and fresh start for a new story. They need pen names because without it, they might get criticized, and might use the same tone over and over again.

Why do you think people change their names? I’ve never thought about changing my name but people like George Orwell and C. S. Lewis have changed their names. There are many different reasons why writers would change their names to get published. People want to publish more and more books each year so they have to change their names to be able to write more books. J. K. Rowling and S. E. Hinton is a couple of good examples to show why authors changed their names.

According to the article “What’s in a name?” (E. Bennet),Eric Blair writer of Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four adopted the name George Orwell because he feared that his early work would embarrass his family. C. S. Lewis, a professor at Oxford was concerned about his professor status, so he used the pen name Clive Hamilton to publish a collection of poems. Charles Dodgson a noted mathematician, used the name Lewis Carroll to write fantasy works such as

In the world of literature, pen names can be one of the most important things an author can use. Whether they use a fake name for a new beginning in a different genre or not wanting the pressure of fame to be in the way of their writing, they could just want to keep their identity and gender from influencing their work. Pen names could determine the publishing and the success of their books and or poems.

Throughout the novel there are many male characters, all who have names, voices and authority, yet none of the women have any of these things. All of the women in

Woman change their name because the publishers wouldn’t publish them because they where only publishing men. Also men changed their names because some of their family’s might be inherits about their son righting a book. They also changed their name because some men thought that they might get published

Do you know how much of a difference names make? Pen names are very common in the writing industry. Their used to make books sound more believing. Other authors might use them for other things like more money. Authors like J.K. Rowling, Charlotte Bronte, and Stephen King used different names for some of their books.

According to “What’s in a Name,” “ Sometimes they’re even more useful when they’re fake.” Using a pen name hides your identity and gender. If a woman wants to write about action or something that more guys would be into then girls, she might want to use a pen name because she may want people to take her book more seriously. Same thing going with men, they may want to write something a little girlier.

From Enheduanna to Jane Austen to Charlotte Bronte to J.K. Rowling. Woman have proved over and over again that the role of author and/or writer can suit females just as much as any man. Mansfield encouraged women to write and used herself as an example with her own writing to try to attract more female authors. Often, women are pictures as just people who birth babies, cook, clean, shopped and stayed around as house wives. Sometimes, they did not have a wide span of education. Even in the early 1900’s women didn’t often go to college, it wasn’t until the 1980’s that women began to attend college in equal numbers to men. Poet laureate Robert Southey said “Literature cannot be the business of a women’s life.” One of the key assumptions that Mansfield and other women modernists faced was the habit of presenting narrative fiction through male eyes and according to male values. Mansfield herself strived for everyone (not limited to just women) to do whatever they wanted. She encouraged people to break rules and branch out.