Authorship's Wake - Writing After the Death of the Author

Informationen zum Autor Philip Sayers received a PhD in English and Sexual Diversity Studies from the University of Toronto, Canada, where he continues to work in a research, teaching, and editing capacity. His research focuses on contemporary American literary culture and its intersections with other intellectual orientations within and beyond US borders, from queer theory, feminist theory, and black studies to continental philosophy and psychoanalysis. Klappentext Authorship's Wake examines the aftermath of the 1960s critique of the author, epitomized by Roland Barthes's essay, "The Death of the Author." This critique has given rise to a body of writing that confounds generic distinctions separating the literary and the theoretical. Its archive consists of texts by writers who either directly participated in this critique, as Barthes did, or whose intellectual formation took place in its immediate aftermath. These writers include some who are known primarily as theorists (Judith Butler), others known primarily as novelists (Zadie Smith, David Foster Wallace), and yet others whose texts are difficult to categorize (the autofiction of Chris Kraus, Sheila Heti, and Ben Lerner; the autotheory of Maggie Nelson). These writers share not only a central motivating question - how to move beyond the critique of the author-subject - but also a way of answering it: by writing texts that merge theoretical concerns with literary discourse. Authorship's Wake traces the responses their work offers in relation to four themes: communication, intention, agency, and labor. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: “Words Streaming in Your Wake”1. Communication: Maggie Nelson and the Literary Text as Letter2. Intention: The Inconsistent Anti-Intentionalism of Zadie Smith and Judith Butler3. Agency: Roland Barthes and the Men Who Hold Forth4. Labor: David Foster Wallace, Cowboy of InformationConclusion: Study GroupsBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Philip Sayers
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9781501372186
• ISBN: 978-1-5013-7218-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, Philosophy, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Comparative Literature, Literature: history & criticism, Writing & editing guides, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary theory, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Writing and editing guides, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / General