Gallop The Deaths of the Author

Reading and Writing in Time
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9453-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 184 Seiten

Through close readings of Barthes, Derrida, Sedgwick, and Spivak, Jane Gallop connects the theoretical death of the author to the writers literal death, as well as other authorial deaths, such as obsolescence.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gallop, Jane

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Semiotik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Gattungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction 1

Part I. The Friendly Return of the Author 27

1. The Author Is Dead but I Desire the Author 29

2. The Ethics of Indecency 55

Part II. If I Were a Writer and Dead 85

3. The Queer Temporality of Writing 87

4. The Persistent and Vanishing Present 115

Notes 145

Works Cited 163

Index 167

Über Autor(innen)

Jane Gallop is Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. She is the author of several books, including Living with His Camera, Anecdotal Theory, and Feminist Accused of Sexual Harassment, all also published by Duke University Press.