Substantially revised and enlarged, this new edition of the Dictionary of Pseudonyms includes more than 2,000 new entries, bringing the volume's total to approx

Identifies the real persons behind over for thousand pseudonyms, and explains why people change their names, as well as how they arrive at a new name.

Enlarged by some 50 percent and equipped with more comprehensive name and subject indexes, the second edition of this unique guide contains bibliographic and de