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The Birth and Death of the Author is a work about the changing
nature of authorship as a concept. In eight specialist
interventions by a diverse group of the finest international
scholars it tells a history of print authorship in a set of author
case studies from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century. The
introduction surveys the prehistory of print authorship and sets
the historical and theoretical framework that opens the discussion
for the seven succeeding chapters. Engaging particularly with the
history of the materials and technology of authorship it places
this in conversation with the critical history of the author up to
and beyond the crisis of Barthes' 'Death of the Author'. As a
multi-authored history of authorship itself, each subsequent
chapter takes a single author or work from every century since the
advent of print and focuses in on the relationship between the
author and the reader. Thus they explore the complexities of the
concept of authorship in the works of Thomas Hoccleve and John
Lydgate (Andrew Galloway, Cornell University), William Shakespeare
and Christopher Marlowe (Rory Loughnane, University of Kent), John
Taylor, "the Water Poet" (Edel Semple, University College Cork),
Samuel Richardson (Natasha Simonova, University of Oxford), Herman
Melville (and his reluctant scrivener 'Bartleby') (William E.
Engel, Sewanee, The University of the South), James Joyce (Brad
Tuggle, University of Alabama), and Grant Morrison (Darragh Greene,
University College Dublin).
The Birth and Death of the Author is a work about the changing
nature of authorship as a concept. In eight specialist
interventions by a diverse group of the finest international
scholars it tells a history of print authorship in a set of author
case studies from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century. The
introduction surveys the prehistory of print authorship and sets
the historical and theoretical framework that opens the discussion
for the seven succeeding chapters. Engaging particularly with the
history of the materials and technology of authorship it places
this in conversation with the critical history of the author up to
and beyond the crisis of Barthes' 'Death of the Author'. As a
multi-authored history of authorship itself, each subsequent
chapter takes a single author or work from every century since the
advent of print and focuses in on the relationship between the
author and the reader. Thus they explore the complexities of the
concept of authorship in the works of Thomas Hoccleve and John
Lydgate (Andrew Galloway, Cornell University), William Shakespeare
and Christopher Marlowe (Rory Loughnane, University of Kent), John
Taylor, "the Water Poet" (Edel Semple, University College Cork),
Samuel Richardson (Natasha Simonova, University of Oxford), Herman
Melville (and his reluctant scrivener 'Bartleby') (William E.
Engel, Sewanee, The University of the South), James Joyce (Brad
Tuggle, University of Alabama), and Grant Morrison (Darragh Greene,
University College Dublin).
In fourteen specially commissioned chapters by leading Shakespeare
scholars from around the globe, Late Shakespeare, 1608-1613
provides an essential reappraisal of the final phase of
Shakespeare's writing life. Arranged for the first time in the
best-established chronological sequence, Shakespeare's last seven
extant plays are discussed in detail in dedicated chapters, from
Pericles to the other late co-authored works, King Henry VIII and
The Two Noble Kinsmen. The plays are situated in the context of
Shakespeare's financial investments, his focus on the practice of
reading, the changing nature of his acting company and the pressing
issues of contemporary politics and urban life. The book also goes
on to explore the relationship between Shakespeare and his audience
and considers the dominant themes in his final works. Analysing and
responding to the latest criticism in the field, this volume brings
to light a vital re-examination of what it means to discuss 'late
Shakespeare'.
Early Shakespeare, 1588-1594 draws together leading scholars of
text, performance, and theatre history to offer a rigorous
re-appraisal of Shakespeare's early career. The contributors offer
rich new critical insights into the theatrical and poetic context
in which Shakespeare first wrote and his emergence as an author of
note, while challenging traditional readings of his beginnings in
the burgeoning theatre industry. Shakespeare's earliest works are
treated on their own merit and in their own time without looking
forward to Shakespeare's later achievements; contributors situate
Shakespeare, in his twenties, in a very specific time, place, and
cultural moment. The volume features essays about Shakespeare's
early style, characterisation, and dramaturgy, together with
analysis of his early co-authors, rivals, and influences (including
Lyly, Spenser and Marlowe). This collection provides essential
entry points to, and original readings of, the poet-dramatist's
earliest extant writings and shines new light on his first
activities as a professional author.
In fourteen specially commissioned chapters by leading Shakespeare
scholars from around the globe, Late Shakespeare, 1608-1613
provides an essential reappraisal of the final phase of
Shakespeare's writing life. Arranged for the first time in the
best-established chronological sequence, Shakespeare's last seven
extant plays are discussed in detail in dedicated chapters, from
Pericles to the other late co-authored works, King Henry VIII and
The Two Noble Kinsmen. The plays are situated in the context of
Shakespeare's financial investments, his focus on the practice of
reading, the changing nature of his acting company and the pressing
issues of contemporary politics and urban life. The book also goes
on to explore the relationship between Shakespeare and his audience
and considers the dominant themes in his final works. Analysing and
responding to the latest criticism in the field, this volume brings
to light a vital re-examination of what it means to discuss 'late
Shakespeare'.
Early Shakespeare, 1588-1594 draws together leading scholars of
text, performance, and theatre history to offer a rigorous
re-appraisal of Shakespeare's early career. The contributors offer
rich new critical insights into the theatrical and poetic context
in which Shakespeare first wrote and his emergence as an author of
note, while challenging traditional readings of his beginnings in
the burgeoning theatre industry. Shakespeare's earliest works are
treated on their own merit and in their own time without looking
forward to Shakespeare's later achievements; contributors situate
Shakespeare, in his twenties, in a very specific time, place, and
cultural moment. The volume features essays about Shakespeare's
early style, characterisation, and dramaturgy, together with
analysis of his early co-authors, rivals, and influences (including
Lyly, Spenser and Marlowe). This collection provides essential
entry points to, and original readings of, the poet-dramatist's
earliest extant writings and shines new light on his first
activities as a professional author.
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