Multiple authorship and the myth of solitary genius / Jack Stillinger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stillinger, Jack, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

English literature.

American literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

American literature.

Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Authorship--Collaboration.

Authorship.

Genius.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A study which explores the implications of multiple authorship, using as examples the case of Keats and the assistants who aided him in the creation of "Isabella", the contributions of John Stuart Mill's wife to his autobiography, and the revisions to Wordsworth's "The Prelude".

Contents:

Contents; 1 What Is an Author?; 2 Keats and His Helpers: The Multiple Authorship of Isabella; 3 Who Wrote J. S. Mill's Autobiography?; 4 Multiple ""Consciousnesses"" in Wordsworth's Prelude; 5 Creative Plagiarism: The Case of Coleridge; 6 Pound's Waste Land; 7 American Novels: Authors, Agents, Editors, Publishers; 8 Plays and Films: Authors, Auteurs, Autres; 9 Implications for Theory; Appendix: Multiple Authorship from Homer to Ann Beattie; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1991.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-772534-1

1-280-52566-5

0-19-536168-7

OCLC:

476010280