Authenticity and the Public Literary Self - Will The ‘Real’ Author Please Stand Up

This is the first book-length study on how authors of color present themselves in public literary discourse. The book examines data including the case study authors' Twitter usage, and thereby the impact of the digital sphere in author self-presentation.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Evaluating Authenticity 3. Approaching Authenticity Through Case Studies 4. Pigeonholing 5. Narrowing of Discourse 6. The Paradox of Authenticity 7. Conclusion. Appendix

About the author

Sreedhevi Iyer is a lecturer at RMIT University Melbourne. She was previously a writer-in-residence at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. Her writing and research have been published all around the world.

Product details

• Authors: Sreedhevi Iyer
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 27.06.2025
• EAN: 9780367531539
• ISBN: 978-0-367-53153-9
• No. of pages: 204
• Weight: 453 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Sociolinguistics, Digital lifestyle, Media studies: internet, digital media and society, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form