The Death and Return of the Author: Criticism and Subjectivity in Barthes, Foucault, and Derrida (Modern Scottish Writers) - Softcover

Burke, Sean

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9780748603619: The Death and Return of the Author: Criticism and Subjectivity in Barthes, Foucault, and Derrida (Modern Scottish Writers)

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ISBN 10: 0748603611 ISBN 13: 9780748603619

Publisher: Edinburgh Univ Pr, 1992

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The death of the author in our times has assumed a significance perhaps comparable only to the death of God in the 19th century, yet no clear state ment of what is meant by this notion has appeared in critical theory. In this study, Sean Burke provides not only a detailed explanation of this movement, but shows also how the attempt to abolish the author is fundamentally misguided and philosophically untenable. Through close readings, Burke demonstrates that the concept of the author remained profoundly active even as its disappearaance was being articulated. He demolishes poststructuralist positions on the issue and proposes a revitalized concept of authorship for the modern era.

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About the Author:

Se�n Burke worked in the Department of English Studies at the University of Durham for thirteen years. His academic publications include Authorship: From Plato to the Postmodern: A Reader and The Ethics of Writing: Authorship and Legacy in Plato and Nietzsche. His first novel, Deadwater has been published in France as Au bout des docks. He is currently researching discursive ethics in Plato, Levinas, and Derrida.

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Thanks largely to Burke, 'Author Studies' is now legitimate in literary academia...truly brilliant. Writing in Education Thanks largely to Burke, 'Author Studies' is now legitimate in literary academia...truly brilliant.

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