The Return of the Author |
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| Author:
| Simion, Eugen |
| Translator:
| Newcomb, James W.
Vianu, Lidia |
| Editor:
| Newcomb, James W. |
| Introduction by:
| Newcomb, James W. |
| Series title: | Rethinking Theory Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8101-1272-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1996 |
| Publisher: | Northwestern University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $59.95 |
Book Description:
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The Romanian critic Eugen Simion contests leading twentieth-century critics who deny the author a place in criticism by maintaining that the author's life can tell us nothing about his or her literary works. Simion demonstrates that writers, including Proust, Malraux, and Barthes among others, who eschew the old biographical criticism themselves look into authors' lives-most notably, their own--for insights into the persons behind their works.
The Romanian critic Eugen Simion contests leading twentieth-century critics who deny the author a place in criticism by maintaining that the author's life can tell us nothing about his or her literary works. Simion demonstrates that writers, including Proust, Malraux, and Barthes among others, who eschew the old biographical criticism themselves look into authors' lives-most notably, their own--for insights into the persons behind their works.