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

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Bloomsbury, 2021.Description: vi, 214 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781501367670
  • 9781501372186
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Authorship's wakeDDC classification:
  • 808.02 23 SAY
Contents:
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
Summary: "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"--
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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"--

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