Amy’s answer to “I have often heard of authors wearing sunglasses at night, or having others near them do the same s…” > Likes and Comments

Amy, you truly are a teacher. I'm in awe of your knowledge and I deeply appreciate you for answering my question. It has been enlightening. I had no idea sunglasses had such an impact on classic literature.
I was always under the misguided belief that wearing sunglasses at night was for protection from a writers muse, as the muse would often annoy a writer long into the night, causing all sorts of ridiculous ramblings due to lack of sleep and caffeine.
I never truly believed that silly rumor that wearing sunglasses as night was a poke at the political nature of that time, where personal identities were stripped.
Thank you Amy, for your informative and illuminating answer. I've learned so much.

You are quite welcome. The fact of the matter is, there is no protection from the muse. It controls all writers, even those that dapple, like myself.

But sunglasses? Those can protect you against a sock on the jaw.

Let's not forget, wearing sunglasses ups one coolness factor considerably. It must have done wonders for Lord Byron.

No doubt