Authorship's wake : writing after the death of the author /

Sayers, Philip,

Authorship's wake : writing after the death of the author / Philip Sayers. - Bloomsbury, 2021. - vi, 214 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-210) and index.

Introduction: “Words Streaming in Your Wake”
1. Communication: Maggie Nelson and the Literary Text as Letter
2. Intention: The Inconsistent Anti-Intentionalism of Zadie Smith and Judith Butler
3. Agency: Roland Barthes and the Men Who Hold Forth
4. Labor: David Foster Wallace, Cowboy of Information
Conclusion: Study Groups
Bibliography
Index

"A book about writers and thinkers who were taught that the author is dead how their work consequently negotiates what it means to be an author"--

9781501367670 9781501372186


Authorship
Critical theory.--Philosophy.

808.02 / SAY