{"id":3690,"date":"2025-08-14T08:59:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T12:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/?p=3690"},"modified":"2025-08-14T08:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T12:59:13","slug":"pen-names-redpath-exhibition-august-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/pen-names-redpath-exhibition-august-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Pen Names &#8211; Redpath Exhibition August 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A <strong><em>PSEUDONYM<\/em><\/strong> or <strong><em>PEN NAME<\/em><\/strong> or <strong><em>NOM DE PLUME<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is a fictitious name used by an author.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2025\/08\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2025\/08\/image-199x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2025\/08\/image-199x300.png 199w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2025\/08\/image.png 662w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Why use a pen name?<\/em>\u00a0 To preserve anonymity,\u00a0counter bias,\u00a0try a new genre,\u00a0get a fresh start\u00a0or any other number of reasons!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All the items in this display are by or about an author who published under a pseudonym.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2025\/08\/image-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2025\/08\/image-1-191x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2025\/08\/image-1-191x300.png 191w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2025\/08\/image-1.png 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Great works by authors like Lewis Carroll, Maya Angelou, and Voltaire can be found in this display, but their true names have to be sought out. Join us in the hunt to uncover these enigmatic authors by filling out our <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=cZYxzedSaEqvqfz4-J8J6qokIHqiSghAsnl-rCv3fw5UMzdFTzk3RlZRNVREMEJFVUFHTzlWNTk2SS4u\">quiz<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To view an interactive version of this display online, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/libraryguides.mcgill.ca\/redpathbookdisplay\/pen-names\">Redpath Book Display page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A PSEUDONYM or PEN NAME or NOM DE PLUME\u00a0is a fictitious name used by an author.\u00a0 Why use a pen name?\u00a0 To preserve anonymity,\u00a0counter bias,\u00a0try a new genre,\u00a0get a fresh start\u00a0or any other number of reasons!\u00a0 All the items in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/pen-names-redpath-exhibition-august-2025\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1151,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3690"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3699,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3690\/revisions\/3699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}