Multiple Authorship and the Myth of Solitary Genius (Hardcover)

This is a study of the collaborative creation behind literary works that are usually considered to be written by a single author. Although most theories of interpretation and editing depend on a concept of single authorship, many works are actually developed by more than one author. Stillinger examines case histories from Keats, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Mill, and T.S. Eliot, as well as from American fiction, plays, and films, demonstrating that multiple authorship is a widespread phenomenon. He shows that the reality of how an author produces a work is often more complex than is expressed in the romantic notion of the author as solitary genius. The cumulative evidence revealed in this engaging study indicates that collaboration deserves to be included in any account of authorial achievement.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 1991
First published:	August 1991
Authors:	Jack Stillinger (Professor of English)
Dimensions:	224 x 147 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	266
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-506861-0
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General
LSN:	0-19-506861-0
Barcode:	9780195068610

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