An Analysis of Michel Foucault's What Is an Author?

by Tim Smith-Laing

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Michel Foucault's 1969 essay "What is an Author?" sidesteps the stormy arguments surrounding "intentional fallacy" and the "death of the author," offering an entirely different way of looking at texts. Foucault points out that all texts are written but not all are discussed as having "authors". So what is special about "authored" texts? And what makes an "author" different to other kinds of text-producers? From its deceptively simple titular question,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1912453088

ISBN13:9781912453085

Release Date:May 2018

Publisher:Macat Library

Length:112 Pages

Weight:0.30 lbs.

Dimensions:0.3" x 4.9" x 7.6"

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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Social Science Social Sciences

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