In a world where literary scandals lead to court, the issue of
responsibility in writing has never been so important. In this
groundbreaking study, Carl Tighe asks the questions every writer
needs to consider:
- what is it that writers do? Are they responsible for all the uses
to which their writing might be put? Or no more responsible than
their readers?
- how are a writer's responsibilities compromised or defined by
commercial or political pressures, or by notions of tradition or
originality?
- how does a writer's audience affect their responsibilities? Are
these the same for writers in all parts of the world, under all
political and social systems?
The first part of this book defines responsibility and looks at its
relation to ideas such as power, accuracy, kitsch and political
correctness. The second part examines how particular writers have
dealt with these issues through a series of often-controversial
case studies, including "American Psycho, Crash" and "The Tin
Drum.
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"Writing and Responsibility" encourages its readers to interrogate
the choices they make as writers. A fascinating look at the public
consequences of the private act of writing, Carl Tighe's book is a
must-read for everyone who writes or studies writing.
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