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Author:

Glass, Loren Daniel.

Title:

Authors Inc. : literary celebrity in the modern United States, 1880-1980 / Loren Glass.

Publisher:

New York University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

xi, 243 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Authorship--History--United States--History--20th century.
American literature--20th century--Theory, etc.--Theory, etc.
Literature--History--United States--History--20th century.
Celebrities--United States--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Literature and society--United States--History--20th century.
Authors and readers--United States--History--20th century.
Authors, American--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Canon (Literature)
Autobiography

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-232) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : 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 versus the audience (misogyny) ; The author versus himself (homophobia) ; The author versus the biographers (death) ; The author reborn? (androgyny) -- The Norman conquest. Declaration : first among equals ; Engagement : the third man ; Defeat : the second sex ; Executing the author -- Coda : nothing personal.

ISBN:

9780814731604 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0814731600 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780814731598 (cloth : alk. paper)
0814731597 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)54446551

LCCN:

2004002301

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)