ENGL 70593 - Authorship in American Literary Culture

This course examines both shifting conceptions of authorship (e.g., "writer" versus "author") and issues associated with authorial practices in American literary culture. Topics may include individual authors' careers and questions about how conditions in different time periods (e.g., the rise/fall of magazine culture or changes in the public's reading habits) have shaped literary careers. Students may repeat this course, which could utilize diverse organizing principles in differing offerings (e.g., popular culture authorship versus "high art"; American authorship as seen in critical theory; factors promoting the shift from amateur activity to professionalization).





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