The Return of the Author (Rethinking Theory) - Hardcover

Simion, Eugen

 
9780810112728: The Return of the Author (Rethinking Theory)
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ISBN 10: 0810112728 ISBN 13: 9780810112728
Publisher: Northwestern University Press, 1996

Synopsis


The Romanian critic Eugen Simion contests leading twentieth-century critics who deny the author a place in criticism by maintaining that the author's life can tell us nothing about his or her literary works. Simion demonstrates that writers, including Proust, Malraux, and Barthes among others, who eschew the old biographical criticism themselves look into authors' lives-most notably, their own--for insights into the persons behind their works.

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About the Author


Eugene Simion is professor of twentieht-century literature at the University of Bucharest, vice president of the Romanian Academy, and the author of ten books of criticsm, including the four-volume History of Contemporary Romanian Literature.

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Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Publication date
1996
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0810112728
ISBN 13 
9780810112728
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
220
Editor
Newcomb James W.

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