Sentence:  The act of reading and writing and their relation to representation (in general) and literature (in particular) have, of course, received increasing attention over the last several years from authors and critics alike. We have seen a proliferation of <WSD>self-referential</WSD> gestures in much recent fiction: an emphasizing of the processes and implications of reading and writing, such as that found in the work of w 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  In a literary work: referring to the author or the author's other works.