The death and resurrection of the author? / edited by William Irwin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Irwin, William, 1970-

Series:

Contributions in philosophy 0084-926X ; no. 83.

Contributions in philosophy, 0084-926X ; no. 83

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authorship--Philosophy.

Authorship.

Criticism.

Physical Description:

xv, 237 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.

Contents:

Part 1 The Death of the Author? 1

1. The Death of the Author / Roland Barthes 3

2. What Is an Author? / Michel Foucault 9

3. Kierkegaard and the Anxiety of Authorship / Merold Westphal 23

4. Gadamer's Hermeneutics and the Question of Authorial Intention / David Weberman 45

5. The Marginal Life of the Author / Jason Holt 65

6. The Death of the Author: An Analytical Autopsy / Peter Lamarque 79

Part 2 The Resurrection of the Author? A Look at Author Constructs 93

7. Writer, Text, Work, Author / Alexander Nehamas 95

8. Authorship and Authority / Nickolas Pappas 117

9. Apparent, Implied, and Postulated Authors / Robert Stecker 129

10. Feminist Literary Criticism and the Author / Cheryl Walker 141

11. A Theory of the Author / Jorge J.E. Gracia 161

12. Intentionalism and Author Constructs / William Irwin 191

13. The Death of Cervantes and the Life of Don Quixote / Eric Bronson 205.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-227) and index.

ISBN:

0313318700

0313322759

OCLC:

48649124