Journalartikel

Jahr der Veröffentlichung: 2012

Seiten: 5-29

Zeitschrift: Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik

Bandnummer: 60

Heftnummer: 1

ISSN: 0044-2305

eISSN: 2196-4726

Verlag: De Gruyter Brill

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.

Harvard-Zitierstil: Berensmeyer, I., Buelens, G. and Demoor, M. (2012) Authorship as Cultural Performance: New Perspectives in Authorship Studies, Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, 60(1), pp. 5-29

APA-Zitierstil: Berensmeyer, I., Buelens, G., & Demoor, M. (2012). Authorship as Cultural Performance: New Perspectives in Authorship Studies. Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik. 60(1), 5-29.