Near-Death of the Author - Creativity in the Internet Age

The Near-Death of the Author describes the plight of contemporary authors in the internet age

List of contents

List of Figures
Acknowledgments

Introduction
1. "Heroes with Names": What Is the Author?
2. "I Don’t Own It": Contemporary Complications
3. Who Is the Author / Who Are the Authors?
4. A Brief History of the Author
5. The Alleged Death of the Author: Post-structuralism and Postmodernism
6. The Author and Technology: Downloading vs. Copyright
7. Big Data Writing: Author as Algorithm
8. AI vs. the Author
9. "Creative ReUse": Post-authorship in Internet Culture
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

By John Potts

Summary

The Near-Death of the Author describes the plight of contemporary authors in the internet age

Product details

• Authors: John Potts
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2022
• EAN: 9781487541347
• ISBN: 978-1-4875-4134-7
• No. of pages: 222
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries