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Obscure Invitations: The Persistence of the Author in Twentieth-Century American Literature
Benjamin Widiss
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Description for Obscure Invitations: The Persistence of the Author in Twentieth-Century American Literature
Paperback. Obscure Invitations argues that the apparent instances of "the death of the Author" in twentieth-century literature are in fact carefully staged performances that ultimately affirm authorial vitality and control of both text and reader. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 345.
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 the "free play" of language are performances that ultimately affirm authorial control of text and reader. The book significantly ... Read more
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 the "free play" of language are performances that ultimately affirm authorial control of text and reader. The book significantly ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804773232
SKU
V9780804773232
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About Benjamin Widiss
Benjamin Widiss is Assistant Professor of English at Princeton University.
Reviews for Obscure Invitations: The Persistence of the Author in Twentieth-Century American Literature
"On every level,Widiss's book invites and rewards the attention of its readers."
Michael LeMahieu
Twentieth-Century Literature
"This is an important new assessment of the place of the author in twentieth-century American narrative, one that will attract considerable attention and controversy. Widiss entirely upends the critical consensus that the author as a living, speaking presence has been eliminated. ... Read more
Michael LeMahieu
Twentieth-Century Literature
"This is an important new assessment of the place of the author in twentieth-century American narrative, one that will attract considerable attention and controversy. Widiss entirely upends the critical consensus that the author as a living, speaking presence has been eliminated. ... Read more