An edition of Authors Inc (2004)

Authors Inc.

literary celebrity in the modern United States, 1880-1980

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An edition of Authors Inc (2004)

Authors Inc.

literary celebrity in the modern United States, 1880-1980

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Language
English
Pages
243

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Table of Contents

Authorial personality in the American field of cultural production
Celebrity theory and authorial autobiography
Literary property and the right to privacy
Modernism, mass culture, masculinity
Modern consciousness and public subjectivity
Pronouns, patronyms, publicity
(Re)collecting the past
Third person masculine
Trademark twain
The republic of letters
Betwain two deaths
Incorporating the author
Legitimating London
Plagiarism, primitivism, publicity
Literary value and class consciousness
Literature and legitimacy
Gertrude Stein's money
The gender of genius
Funny money
The death of genius
Being ernest
The author vs. the audience (misogyny)
The author vs. himself (homophobia)
The author vs. the biographer (death)
The author reborn? (androgyny)
The Norman Conquest
Declaration : first among equals
Engagement : the third man
Defeat: the second sex
Executing the author.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-232) and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
810.9/005
Library of Congress
PS221 .G55 2004, PS221.G55 2004

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 243 p. ;
Number of pages
243

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3289214M
Internet Archive
authorsinclitera0000glas
ISBN 10
0814731597, 0814731600
LCCN
2004002301
OCLC/WorldCat
54446551
Library Thing
3948751
Goodreads
2915091

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