Title Obscure invitations : the persistence of the author in twentieth-century American literature / Benjamin Widiss.

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Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2011.

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Summary	Literary studies in the postwar era have consistently barred attributing specific intentions to authors based on textual evidence or ascribing textual presences to the authors themselves. Obscure Invitations argues that this taboo has blinded us to fundamental elements of twentieth-century literature. Widiss focuses on the particularly self-conscious constructions of authorship that characterize modernist and postmodernist writing, elaborating the narrative strategies they demand and the reading practices they yield. He reveals that apparent manifestations of "the death of the author" and of t.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Fit and surfeit : As I lay dying (seesawing) -- You know me, Alice : The autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (driving) -- See monkey, do monkey : Lolita (aping) -- The gospel according to Dave : A heartbreaking work of staggering genius (imbibing) -- The death of Kevin Spacey : Seven and The usual suspects (envisioning).
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Subject	American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
	American literature.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Authors and readers -- History -- 20th century.
	Authors and readers.
	History.
	Authorship -- History -- 20th century.
	Authorship.
	Authorship in literature.
	Authorship in literature.
Chronological Term	1900 - 1999
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Widiss, Benjamin Leigh. Obscure invitations. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2011], ©2011 9780804773225 (DLC) 2011004861 (OCoLC)709407555
ISBN	9780804780681 (electronic book)
	0804780684 (electronic book)
	9780804773225 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
	080477322X (cloth ; alkaline paper)

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