03149nam 2200709 a 450 991045716370332120200520144314.00-8047-8068-410.1515/9780804780681(CKB)2550000000048411(EBL)765342(OCoLC)754581699(SSID)ssj0000639226(PQKBManifestationID)12265725(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000639226(PQKBWorkID)10598498(PQKB)10261731(SSID)ssj0000646986(PQKBManifestationID)12268589(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000646986(PQKBWorkID)10592950(PQKB)11425366(MiAaPQ)EBC765342(DE-B1597)564588(DE-B1597)9780804780681(Au-PeEL)EBL765342(CaPaEBR)ebr10496735(OCoLC)1198931490(EXLCZ)99255000000004841120110201d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrObscure invitations[electronic resource] the persistence of the author in twentieth-century American literature /Benjamin WidissStanford, Calif. Stanford University Press20111 online resource (222 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8047-7323-8 0-8047-7322-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Fit and surfeit : As I lay dying (seesawing) -- You know me, Alice : The autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (driving) -- See monkey, do monkey : Lolita (aping) -- The gospel according to Dave : A heartbreaking work of staggering genius (imbibing) -- The death of Kevin Spacey : Seven and The usual suspects (envisioning).Literary studies in the postwar era have consistently barred attributing specific intentions to authors based on textual evidence or ascribing textual presences to the authors themselves. Obscure Invitations argues that this taboo has blinded us to fundamental elements of twentieth-century literature. Widiss focuses on the particularly self-conscious constructions of authorship that characterize modernist and postmodernist writing, elaborating the narrative strategies they demand and the reading practices they yield. He reveals that apparent manifestations of ""the death of the autAmerican literature20th centuryHistory and criticismAuthorship in literatureAuthorshipHistory20th centuryAuthors and readersHistory20th centuryElectronic books.American literatureHistory and criticism.Authorship in literature.AuthorshipHistoryAuthors and readersHistory810.9/005Widiss Benjamin Leigh1033767MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457163703321Obscure invitations2452480UNINA