Obscure Invitations: The Persistence of the Author in Twentieth-Century American Literature

Author/Contributor(s):	Widiss, Benjamin
Publisher:	Stanford University Press
Date:	09/01/2011
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Obscure Invitations argues that the apparent instances of "the death of the Author" in twentieth-century literature are in fact carefully staged performances that ultimately affirm authorial vitality and control of both text and reader.