The author as character
Subtitle: representing historical writers in Western literature
By: edited by Paul Franssen and Ton Hoenselaars.
Contributors: Franssen, Paul, 1955-; Hoenselaars, A. J., 1956-
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; Associated University Presses
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Madison [N.J.]; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
Subjects: Literature, Modern -- History and criticism.; Authors in literature.
Description: "Many fictional works have real, historical authors as characters. Great national literary icons like Virgil and Shakespeare have been fictionalized in novels, plays, poems, movies, and operas. This fashion might seem typically postmodern, the reverse side of the contention that the Author is Dead; but this collection of essays shows that the representation of historical authors as characters can boast of a considerable history, and may well constitute a genre in its own right." "This volume brings together a collection of articles on appropriations of historical authors, written by experts in a wide range of major Western literatures."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.