Well, I have I discovered a few days ago. And I have to say I was so chuffed when I discovered it choked me right up!

So, ever had a book dedicated to you? if so who did it and do you know why; and you authors out there, have you dedicated books to people? Who did you dedicate your book to and why?

Come on Phanerothyme....don't be coy - give us more details.

Sounds wonderful to have a book dedicated to you - so come on, spill the beans and give us the details (author, title, content, etc.). Have you got a signed copy?

i didn't write a book but a did have a short story published a long time ago for a national magazine (i won a competition) and i just simply dedicated to the person who inspired me to write it - the guy who was my boyfriend at the time. He was very flattered actually and i was very proud !!

nope, but I found out a while ago I'd been the inspiration for a song by an ex (post-split) and it wasn't very complimentary!

Originally posted by redrobbo
Come on Phanerothyme....don't be coy - give us more details.

Sounds wonderful to have a book dedicated to you - so come on, spill the beans and give us the details (author, title, content, etc.). Have you got a signed copy?
ok :D

It's snappily titled
"Culture and Class in British Museums, 1850-1914" By Dr Kate Hill.
Amazon Link (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0754604322/qid%3D1115991520/202-8415831-3639858)
Here's some blurb:

The nineteenth century witnessed a flowering of museums in towns and cities across Britain. As well as providing a focus for collections of artefacts and a place of educational recreation, this work argues that municipal museums had a further, social role. In a situation of rapid urban growth, allied to social and cultural changes on a scale hitherto unknown, it was inevitable that traditional class and social hierarchies would come under enormous pressure. As a result urban elites began to look to new methods of controlling and defining the urban environment. One such manifestation of this was the growth of the public museum.

In earlier centuries museums were the preserve of learned and respectable minority, yet by the end of the nineteenth century one of the principal rationales of museums was the education, or `improvement', of the working classes. In the control of museums too there was also a corresponding shift away from private aristocratic leadership, toward a middle class civic directorship and a growing professional body of curators.

This work is in part a study of the creation of professional authority and autonomy by museum curators. More importantly though, it is about the stabilization of middle class identities by the end of the nineteenth century around new hierarchies of cultural capital. Public museums were an important factor in constructing the identity and authority of certain groups with access to, and control over, them. By examining urban identities through the cultural lens of the municipal museum, we are able to reconsider and better understand the subtleties of nineteenth century urban society.

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Have I read it? Not yet ;)

I have had the following book dedicated to my partner and I:

Robert Mosssom, Bishop of Derry
England's gratulation for the King and his subjects happy union ... preached on the day of ... thanksgiving ... May 10th 1660 London, 1660

I shall be visiting St George's Chapel, Windsor to inspect said tome.

As far as I know I don't have any book dedications.

I've had a fair few acknowledgements in other peoples disseratations though.

Nomme

Yep, a friend wrote a book of short stories, had it published and in the dedication page she thanked me for helping her with a time in her life.
It was never sold on general release and it's not normal content so it's something I normally keep schtum about :D

Originally posted by nomme
As far as I know I don't have any book dedications.

I've had a fair few acknowledgements in other peoples disseratations though.

Nomme

This one simply says
"for David".

(which is my name btw :) )

I'm desperately trying to dredge up something I could dedicate, but I'm sorely lacking in the 'towering achievment' department :D

Originally posted by Phanerothyme
This one simply says
"for David". (which is my name btw :) )


You'll always be Phanny to us though.

Originally posted by Phanerothyme
I'm desperately trying to dredge up something I could dedicate, but I'm sorely lacking in the 'towering achievment' department :D

Hmm. Why not slip a nice little Easter Egg into one of your sites?

Can't hurt can it?

Nomme

Originally posted by nomme
You'll always be Phanny to us though.



Hmm. Why not slip a nice little Easter Egg into one of your sites?

Can't hurt can it?

Nomme

Now that, my man, is a capital idea!

Me thinks I could slip it into all my sites!

(rubs hands gleefully)

Originally posted by Phanerothyme
Me thinks I could slip it into all my sites!

(rubs hands gleefully)

Me thinks you owe me a beer!

(rubs hands gleefully)

[EDIT : oh ... and if you do do it remember to give me an acknowledgement for the idea. :D ]

Nomme :thumbsup:

Awww, I wish.

I have been told that I may be a character in a book (or at least the inspiration for a character) which, if it gets written, will most likely be published about 2 years from now. I can't say a lot more, as the author has sworn me to secrecy (I've probably already given too much away) but it is by an established writer who, although far from a household name, is very well respected among the literary community (and whose "masterplan" includes writing the book to which I am referring in order to put himself more into the Nick Hornby sort of league, so that he can sell books to the general public and not just to other authors).

Also, I had to laugh when I read about this book dedication (http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,4120,1477031,00.html) (see point number 14).