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Crimes of Writing
Susan Stewart
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Description for Crimes of Writing
Paperback. Eight essays that examine particular issues in the relations between subjectivity, authenticity, writing, speech and the law. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; WCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 499.
From the origins of modern copyright in early eighteenth-century culture to the efforts to represent nature and death in postmodern fiction, this book explores a series of problems regarding the containment of representation. Stewart focuses on specific cases of "crimes of writing"—the forgeries of George Psalmanazar; the production of "fakelore"; the "ballad scandals" of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; the imposture of Thomas Chatterton; and contemporary legislation regarding graffiti and pornography. She emphasizes the issues that arise once language is seen as a matter of property, and authorship is viewed as a matter of originality. Finally, Stewart demonstrates that crimes ... Read more
From the origins of modern copyright in early eighteenth-century culture to the efforts to represent nature and death in postmodern fiction, this book explores a series of problems regarding the containment of representation. Stewart focuses on specific cases of "crimes of writing"—the forgeries of George Psalmanazar; the production of "fakelore"; the "ballad scandals" of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; the imposture of Thomas Chatterton; and contemporary legislation regarding graffiti and pornography. She emphasizes the issues that arise once language is seen as a matter of property, and authorship is viewed as a matter of originality. Finally, Stewart demonstrates that crimes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822315452
SKU
V9780822315452
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About Susan Stewart
Susan Stewart is Professor of English at Temple University. She is the author of On Longing, also published by Duke University Press.
Reviews for Crimes of Writing
"In the essays collected in Crimes of Writing, Stewart continues to build on her reputation as one of the most productive and challenging deconstructors of the disciplinary boundaries that supposedly separate literary history and critical theory from contemporary cultural analysis."— Michael Moon, Duke University "Stewart’s work provides an oasis in contemporary criticism, a place where theory and poetry, systematic reflection ... Read more