The Resource Obscure invitations : the persistence of the author in twentieth-century American literature, Benjamin Widiss
Obscure invitations : the persistence of the author in twentieth-century American literature, Benjamin Widiss
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The item Obscure invitations : the persistence of the author in twentieth-century American literature, Benjamin Widiss represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library.
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- Summary
- Literary studies in the post-war 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 revises received understandings of central texts by Faulkner, Stein, and Nabokov. It then discusses Eggers' Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and the films Seven and The Usual Suspects, demonstrating that each is a highly self-aware rebuttal of the notion of authorial absence
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Isbn
- 9780804780681
- Label
- Obscure invitations : the persistence of the author in twentieth-century American literature
- Title
- Obscure invitations
- Title remainder
- the persistence of the author in twentieth-century American literature
- Statement of responsibility
- Benjamin Widiss
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Literary studies in the post-war 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 revises received understandings of central texts by Faulkner, Stein, and Nabokov. It then discusses Eggers' Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and the films Seven and The Usual Suspects, demonstrating that each is a highly self-aware rebuttal of the notion of authorial absence
- Cataloging source
- Midwest
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
- hoopla (Digital media service)
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Widiss, Benjamin Leigh
- Dewey number
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- 810.9/005
- 810.9005
- 810.9005
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- American literature
- Authors and readers
- Authorship
- Authorship in literature
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Obscure invitations : the persistence of the author in twentieth-century American literature, Benjamin Widiss
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- online resource
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- Carrier MARC source
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- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- MWT11885028
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Form of item
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- online
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
- Isbn
- 9780804780681
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- c
- Publisher number
- MWT11885028
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 11885028
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Label
- Obscure invitations : the persistence of the author in twentieth-century American literature, Benjamin Widiss
- Link
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- MWT11885028
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Form of item
-
- online
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
- Isbn
- 9780804780681
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- c
- Publisher number
- MWT11885028
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 11885028
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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