Authorship, activism and celebrity art and action in global literature / edited by Sandra Mayer and Ruth Scobie.
| Other author | Mayer, Sandra. |
| Other author | Scobie, Ruth. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023. |
| Description | xvi, 242 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Foreword / Meena Kandasamy -- Introduction: The idea of the author / Sandra Mayer and Ruth Scobie -- "Let's deal with the people oppressing all of us": Benjamin Zephaniah in conversation / Benjamin Zephaniah and Malachi McIntosh -- Art as activism. Clearing a space for multiple, marginal voices: the writers' activism of PEN / Peter D. McDonald, Margie Orford, Rachel Potter, Carles Torner and Laetitia Zecchini -- Live at the Polari Salon: literary performance as activism / Ellen Wiles -- "Bugger universality": an exchange with Antjie Krog / Antjie Krog and Peter D. McDonald -- Activism and the literary industry. Moving between worlds: a writer and a publisher in conversation / Kirsty Gunn and David Graham -- Resisting stereotypes: art, activism and the literature industry / Elleke Boehmer, Alice Guthrie, Daniel Medin, Charlotte Ryland and Alan Taylor -- Fanny Fern and Nellie Bly: unstable I's / Eva Sage Gordon -- The invention of the public intellectual. The critical pedagogy of fiction in democratic public spheres / Odile Heynders -- A "passive spectactress"? Frances Burney and the eighteenth-century writer as a social activist / Anna Paluchowska-Messing -- "The Indian Cobbett": radicalism, empire and literary celebrity in the life of James Silk Buckingham (1786-1855) / Kieran Hazzard -- "Literary criticism only": Jeyamohan and the author as a conservative activist in "Aram" (2011) / Divya A. -- Writing Europe. European connections: literary networks, political authorship and the future of Europe debate / Benedict Schofield -- Vernon Lee: transnational activism and protest literature for art and peace / Elisa Bizzotto -- On behalf of the nation: Knut Hamsun and the politics of authorship / Tore Rem -- Conclusion: Looking on... / Kirsty Gunn. |
| Abstract | "Explores the relationship between literature, politics, and celebrity in global cultural contexts from the 18th century to the present"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-235) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022056243 |
| ISBN | 9781501392337 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781501392375 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ePDF) |
| ISBN | (eBook) |
| ISBN | (eBook other) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |