{"product_id":"reading-the-contemporary-author-alison-gibbons-9781496234612","title":"Reading the Contemporary Author: Narrative, Authority, Fictionality","description":"Readers, literary critics, and theorists alike have long demonstrated an abiding fascination with the author, both as a real person--an artist and creator--and as a theoretical concept that shapes the way we read literary works. Whether anonymous, pseudonymous, or trending on social media, authors continue to be an object of critical and readerly interest. Yet theories surrounding authorship have yet to be satisfactorily updated to register the changes wrought on the literary sphere by the advent of the digital age, the recent turn to autofiction, and the current literary climate more generally. In \u003ci\u003eReading the Contemporary Author\u003c\/i\u003e the contributors look back on the long history of theorizing the author and offer innovative new approaches for understanding this elusive figure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mapping the contours of the vast territory that is contemporary authorship, this collection investigates authorship in the context of narrative genres ranging from memoir and autobiographically informed texts to biofiction and novels featuring novelist narrators and characters. Bringing together the perspectives of leading scholars in narratology, cultural theory, literary criticism, stylistics, comparative literature, and autobiography studies, \u003ci\u003eReading the Contemporary Author\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that a variety of interdisciplinary viewpoints and critical stances are necessary to capture the multifaceted nature of contemporary authorship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alison Gibbons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496234618\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496234612\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Alison Gibbons","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44190696866047,"sku":"9781496234612","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a3a79c58-7b01-45c0-9ed7-17d2527bab82.jpg?v=1690871901","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reading-the-contemporary-author-alison-gibbons-9781496234612","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}