Obscure invitations the persistence of the author in twentieth-century American literature /
Literary studies in the postwar era have consistently barred attributing specific intentions to authors based on textual evidence or ascribing textual presences to the authors themselves. Obscure Invitations argues that this taboo has blinded us to fundamental elements of twentieth-century literatur...
| Основен автор: | Widiss, Benjamin Leigh. |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Stanford, Calif. :
Stanford University Press,
2011.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=390644 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Obscure invitations. |
| Резюме: |
Literary studies in the postwar era have consistently barred attributing specific intentions to authors based on textual evidence or ascribing textual presences to the authors themselves. Obscure Invitations argues that this taboo has blinded us to fundamental elements of twentieth-century literature. Widiss focuses on the particularly self-conscious constructions of authorship that characterize modernist and postmodernist writing, elaborating the narrative strategies they demand and the reading practices they yield. He reveals that apparent manifestations of "the death of the author" and of t. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (208 pages) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780804780681 0804780684 |