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| Named Person: | Mark Twain; Jack London; Gertrude Stein; Ernest Hemingway; Norman Mailer |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Loren Daniel Glass |
| ISBN: | 0814731597 9780814731598 0814731600 9780814731604 |
| OCLC Number: | 54446551 |
| Description: | xi, 243 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Authorial personality in the American field of cultural production -- Celebrity theory and authorial autobiography -- Literary property and the right to privacy -- Modernism, mass culture, masculinity -- Modern consciousness and public subjectivity -- Pronouns, patronyms, publicity -- (Re)collecting the past -- Third person masculine -- Trademark Twain -- The republic of letters -- Betwain two deaths -- Incorporating the author -- Legitimating London -- Plagiarism, primitivism, publicity -- Literary value and class consciousness -- Literature and legitimacy -- Gertrude Stein's money -- The gender of genius -- Funny money -- The death of genius -- Being ernest -- The author vs. the audience (misogyny) -- The author vs. himself (homophobia) -- The author vs. the biographer (death) -- The author reborn? (androgyny) -- The Norman Conquest -- Declaration : first among equals -- Engagement : the third man -- Defeat: the second sex -- Executing the author. |
| Responsibility: | Loren Glass. |
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- 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.
- Twain, Mark, -- 1835-1910.
- London, Jack, -- 1876-1916.
- Stein, Gertrude, -- 1874-1946.
- Hemingway, Ernest, -- 1899-1961.
- Mailer, Norman.
- Art d'écrire -- Aspect social -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
- Littérature américaine -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique -- Théorie, etc.
- Littérature -- Appréciation -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
- Littérature et société -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
- Écrivains et lecteurs -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
- Écrivains américains -- Biographies -- Histoire et critique.
- Chefs-d'œuvre (Littérature)
- Autobiographie.
- Autobiographische Literatur.
- Berühmte Persönlichkeit.
- USA.
