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The Death and Return of the Author: Criticism and Subjectivity in Barthes, Foucault and Derrida

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In a revised and updated version of this popular book, Se�n Burke provides the first detailed explanation of anti-authorialism and shows how the attempt to abolish the author is fundamentally untenable. Important additions to the new edition include: a section challenging Derrida's reading of Plato as the founder of logocentrism; an epilogue which deals with the politics of authorship and issues of technology; and a fully updated bibliography.

Language: English

Pages: 272

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Release: May 01, 1998

ISBN: 0748610065

ISBN 13: 9780748610068

The Death and Return of the Author: Criticism and Subjectivity in Barthes, Foucault and Derrida

3.7/5 ( ratings)

In a revised and updated version of this popular book, Se�n Burke provides the first detailed explanation of anti-authorialism and shows how the attempt to abolish the author is fundamentally untenable. Important additions to the new edition include: a section challenging Derrida's reading of Plato as the founder of logocentrism; an epilogue which deals with the politics of authorship and issues of technology; and a fully updated bibliography.

Language: English

Pages: 272

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Release: May 01, 1998

ISBN: 0748610065

ISBN 13: 9780748610068

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