Theories of authorship, historical processes and material culture provide the framework for Authorship in Context. This volume maps the terrain of Anglo-American authorship as it shifts from a theoretical to a more material approach to its study in contexts recognized as key to its development: the Nineteenth-century literary marketplace, Twentieth-century experimentalism and postmodern culture. Gender and (post)colonial issues around authorial identity and literary work are further explored in relation to publishing policies, graphic media and the Internet. With essays by Michael Bell, Terry Eagleton, David Punter and Victor Sage, amongst others, this topical study will be valuable for students and scholars of print culture and the history of the book and literary theory.

Theories of authorship and material culture provide the framework for this study. It maps Anglo-American authorship as it shifts from a theoretical to a more material approach to its study in contexts recognized as key to its development: the nineteenth-century literary market-place, twentieth-century experimentalism and postmodern culture.