Authorship in context: from the theoretical to the material

Hadjiafxendi, K and Mackay, P, eds. (2007) Authorship in context: from the theoretical to the material. Palgrave, Basingstoke. ISBN 9781403949011

Abstract

Authorship in Context examines the transforming relation of criticism to the history of authorship and the book in relation to changing theoretical models of their study as well as the conditions (critical, historical, socio-economic, political and technological) behind their variability. By utilizing a materialist approach, it offers a fresh perspective to the diversity of the authorial function within as well as across fields and disciplines ranging from the nineteenth-century literary market-place to postmodern culture. In addition to genre, language and style, this book focuses on processes of textual production and reception, varying from the author's act of composition and publishing policies to editorial and reading practices. In examining their impact on canon formation, alongside visual technologies like the graphic novel, cinema and the world-wide web, it raises issues of class, gender, race or socio-political conflict that determine the fashioning of cultures, texts and authors.

Item Type:	Book
Note:	This edited book includes a co-authored introduction by Kyriaki Hadjiafxendi and chapter on George Eliot, the literary market-place and sympathy.
Divisions:	School of Writing, Publishing and the Humanities
Date Deposited:	08 May 2015 16:26
Last Modified:	15 Aug 2021 09:40
URI / Page ID:	https://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/id/eprint/6034

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