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Multiple Authorship and the Myth of Solitary Genius

Jack Stillinger

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This is a study of the collaborative creation behind literary works that are usually considered to be written by a single author. Although most theories of interpretation and editing depend on a concept of single authorship, many works are actually developed by more than one author. Stillinger examines case histories from Keats, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Mill, and T.S. Eliot, as well as from American fiction, plays, and films, demonstrating that multiple authorship is a widespread phenomenon. He shows that the reality of how an author produces a work is often more complex than is expressed in the romantic notion of the author as solitary genius. The cumulative evidence revealed in this engaging study indicates that collaboration deserves to be included in any account of authorial achievement.

Language: English

Pages: 272

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: August 15, 1991

ISBN: 0195068610

ISBN 13: 9780195068610

Multiple Authorship and the Myth of Solitary Genius

Jack Stillinger

4/5 ( ratings)

This is a study of the collaborative creation behind literary works that are usually considered to be written by a single author. Although most theories of interpretation and editing depend on a concept of single authorship, many works are actually developed by more than one author. Stillinger examines case histories from Keats, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Mill, and T.S. Eliot, as well as from American fiction, plays, and films, demonstrating that multiple authorship is a widespread phenomenon. He shows that the reality of how an author produces a work is often more complex than is expressed in the romantic notion of the author as solitary genius. The cumulative evidence revealed in this engaging study indicates that collaboration deserves to be included in any account of authorial achievement.

Language: English

Pages: 272

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: August 15, 1991

ISBN: 0195068610

ISBN 13: 9780195068610

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