Dying To Be Noticed

January 27, 2016 · by s.h. montgomery | in The Story of Books, The Writing Life | tagged Changes Made to Emily Dickinson's Poetry after Her Death, Death Before Fame, Emily Dickinson and the Complicated Publication of Her Poems, John Kennedy Toole and Depression, John Kennedy Toole and His Posthumous Pulitzer Prize, Kafka and Insecurity, Kafka and Max Brod, Kafka's Importance to Modern Literature, Kafkaesque, Lovecraft's Influence on Stephen King, Stieg Larsson and His Posthumous Success with the Millennium trilogy, Sylvia Plath and Suicide, Ted Hughes' Role in the Publication of Plath's Poems, The 'Afterlife' of H.P. Lovecraft's Writing, The Influence of Thoreau's Civil Disobedience, The Influence of Thoreau's Walden, The Role John Kennedy Toole's Mother Played in His Posthumous Success | 9 Comments

Sadly, many creative people aren’t recognized in their field until they are six feet under. Of course, back in Plato’s day fame wasn’t such a big deal because it didn’t exist as it does today. In fact, before the Industrial Revolution authors were said to be doing well when they were simply recognized in their […]