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Informationen zum Autor Jane Gallop is Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. She is the author of several books, including Living with His Camera, Anecdotal Theory, and Feminist Accused of Sexual Harassment, all also published by Duke University Press. Klappentext Through close readings of Barthes, Derrida, Sedgwick, and Spivak, Jane Gallop connects the theoretical death of the author to the writers literal death, as well as other authorial deaths, such as obsolescence. Zusammenfassung Through close readings of Barthes! Derrida! Sedgwick! and Spivak! Jane Gallop connects the theoretical death of the author to the writers literal death! as well as other authorial deaths! such as obsolescence. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Part I. The Friendly Return of the Author 27 1. The Author Is Dead but I Desire the Author 29 2. The Ethics of Indecency 55 Part II. If I Were a Writer and Dead 85 3. The Queer Temporality of Writing 87 4. The Persistent and Vanishing Present 115 Notes 145 Works Cited 163 Index 167
