Authors Inc.
Subtitle: literary celebrity in the modern United States, 1880-1980
By: Loren Glass.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: Authorship -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century; American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc; Literature -- Appreciation -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Celebrities -- United States -- Biography -- History and criticism; Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Authors and readers -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Authors, American -- Biography -- History and criticism; Canon (Literature); Autobiography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-232) and index.
Table of contents: title: Authorial personality in the American field of cultural production; title: Celebrity theory and authorial autobiography; title: Literary property and the right to privacy; title: Modernism, mass culture, masculinity; title: Modern consciousness and public subjectivity; title: Pronouns, patronyms, publicity; title: (Re)collecting the past; title: Third person masculine; title: Trademark twain; title: The republic of letters; title: Betwain two deaths; title: Incorporating the author; title: Legitimating London; title: Plagiarism, primitivism, publicity; title: Literary value and class consciousness; title: Literature and legitimacy; title: Gertrude Stein's money; title: The gender of genius; title: Funny money; title: The death of genius; title: Being ernest; title: The author vs. the audience (misogyny); title: The author vs. himself (homophobia); title: The author vs. the biographer (death); title: The author reborn? (androgyny); title: The Norman Conquest; title: Declaration : first among equals; title: Engagement : the third man; title: Defeat: the second sex; title: Executing the author.