Authorship as Cultural Performance: New Perspectives in Authorship Studies

Berensmeyer, Ingo; Buelens, Gert und Demoor, Marysa (2012): Authorship as Cultural Performance: New Perspectives in Authorship Studies. In: Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik (ZAA), Bd. 60, Nr. 1: S. 5-29

Abstract

This article proposes a performative model of authorship, based on the historical alternation between predominantly `weak' and `strong' author concepts and related practices of writing, publication and reading. Based on this model, we give a brief overview of the historical development of such author concepts in English literature from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. We argue for a more holistic approach to authorship within a cultural topography, comprising social contexts, technological and media factors, and other cultural developments, such as the distinction between privacy and the public sphere.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften > Department 3 > Anglistik
• Themengebiete: 400 Sprache > 420 Englisch, Altenglisch
• ISSN: 0044-2305
• Sprache: Englisch