E-Books →Reading the Contemporary Author Narrative, Authority, Fictionality

Free Download Alison Gibbons, "Reading the Contemporary Author: Narrative, Authority, Fictionality "
English | ISBN: 1496234618 | 2023 | 290 pages | EPUB, PDF | 5 MB + 3 MB
Readers, literary critics, and theorists alike have long demonstrated an abiding fascination with the author, both as a real person-an artist and creator-and as a theoretical concept that shapes the way we read literary works. Whether anonymous, pseudonymous, or trending on social media, authors continue to be an object of critical and readerly interest. Yet theories surrounding authorship have yet to be satisfactorily updated to register the changes wrought on the literary sphere by the advent of the digital age, the recent turn to autofiction, and the current literary climate more generally. In Reading the Contemporary Author the contributors look back on the long history of theorizing the author and offer innovative new approaches for understanding this elusive figure.