The Cambridge handbook of literary authorship /
This Handbook surveys the state of the art in literary authorship studies. Its 27 original contributions by eminent scholars offer a multilayered account of authorship as a defining element of literature and culture. Covering a vast chronological range, Part I considers the history of authorship fro...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
[2019].
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| Summary: | This Handbook surveys the state of the art in literary authorship studies. Its 27 original contributions by eminent scholars offer a multilayered account of authorship as a defining element of literature and culture. Covering a vast chronological range, Part I considers the history of authorship from cuneiform writing to contemporary digital publishing. It discusses authorship in ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, early Jewish cultures, medieval, Renaissance, modern, postmodern and Chinese literature. The second part focuses on the place of authorship in literary theory, and on challenges to theorizing literary authorship, such as gender and sexuality, postcolonial and indigenous contexts for writing. Finally, Part III investigates practical perspectives on the topic, with a focus on attribution, anonymity and pseudonymity, plagiarism and forgery, copyright and literary property, censorship, publishing and marketing and institutional contexts. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 491 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 444-457) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781107168657 1107168651 |