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An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like, whether short or long, fiction or nonfiction, poetry or prose, technical or literature. Within copyright law the term "author" is often used for the creator of any work, be it written, painted, sculptured, music, a photograph or a film.
Role in critical theory
One key issue in literary theory is the relationship between the meaning of a literary text and its author's conscious intent.
- The phrase "Death of the Author" was popularized by Roland Barthes in his 1968 essay with the same name. It is used to convey the idea that texts have meaning and an independent existence outside that intended by the author, depending on the context and reader. The death of the author is in self-conscious opposition to the New Criticism, a literary critical movement popular in England and America in the first half of the 20th century. According to this movement, the author's intent is assumed to be quite clear to the author and it becomes the critic's task to understand this intent.
- Michel Foucault's 1969 essay "What is an Author?" responds in part to Barthes and characterizes the author-function in four main ways. He claims that the author-function is linked to the juridical and institutional system of the discourse, that it is not the same for all discourses, that it is not spontaneous attribution, and that it might not refer to a real individual.
Some historical financial arrangements between authors and publishers
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For Photographer Of Birds, A Spotlight On Beauty
Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:00:00 -0500
Theodore Cross has spent the last 40 years watching and photographing birds — and water birds are his favorite. He says the water birds have a "courage and beauty" that outshines others. A collection of his photos and stories are collected in a book called Waterbirds.
Griffin Dunne On The Life And Work Of His Father
Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:45:00 -0500
The actor and director shares memories and discusses the work of his late father, journalist and novelist Dominick Dunne, who became famous for covering the lives and trials of celebrities. He died in August at the age of 83.
Historian Asks, 'What On Earth Evolved?'
Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:00:00 -0500
The history of Earth features a few extremely successful species, such as ants, black pepper, sheep, and of course, humans. In his book, What On Earth Evolved, Christopher Lloyd explores their stories before and after man.
What Constitutes A 'Just War'?
Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:00:00 -0500
"Just war" — that phrase was a centerpiece of President Obama's Nobel acceptance speech this past week. And it's a concept that political philosopher Michael Walzer has studied for decades. He wrote the book Just and Unjust Wars, and he tells host Guy Raz about what exactly constitutes a "just war" and how Obama's definition stacks up.
Was Ancient Historian One Of The First Spin Doctors?
Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:17:00 -0500
Thucydides' account of the war between Athens and Sparta has become an allegory of modern conflicts like the Cold War, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. But a new book about the ancient historian shows he may not quite have been telling the truth.
'Dracula Is Dead,' But How Is Romania?
Sun, 13 Dec 2009 08:00:00 -0500
Twenty years after the fall of the Iron Curtain, a new book titled Dracula Is Dead takes a look at how Romania has fared since the December 1989 overthrow of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Host Liane Hansen speaks with co-authors Jim Rosapepe, former U.S. ambassador to Romania, and journalist Sheilah Kast.
Author Webliography - A directory of author guides.
Author Yellow Pages - Searchable directory of author sites. Also categorized alphabetically and by genre.
Authors on the Web - An extensive, alphabetically sorted selection of links to noted author-related websites on the web.
Authors On The Web - Includes news, events, and bibliographies.
Meta Description: [ A site dedicated to providing information about authors and author websites. Author interviews, reading lists, trivia games and fast facts about authors --- more info about authors than you will learn on the book flap copy. ]
AuthorsDen.com - Authors freely post biographies, works, news, events and articles for readers to discover and read.
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Booknotes.org - A companion web site to C-SPAN's Sunday author interview series . . . . Includes an extensive online archive (dating from 1989 up to the present) of author interviews in text-transcript form, with many excerpts also available in audio and/or video (RealPlayer format).
Bookworm's Lair - Site has bibliographies of many authors, with updated bestsellers lists, and reviews.
Meta Description: [ All about books: Reviews, bibliographies, up-to-date bestseller lists from the US and Germany as well as links to authors, publishers and online-bookstores. ]
Bookwrap Central - Video clips of authors as they talk about their books and writing.
Meta Description: [ Features author interview video clips called Bookwraps. See authors as they talk about their books and writing. Browse by genre category, author or by book title. ]
Catharton Authors - An extensive, alphabetically sorted listing of author-related resources on the internet
Classics at the Online Literature Library - Archived electronic texts indexed by author.
Dalkey Archive Press - Features interviews with their authors.
Meta Description: [ Center for Book Culture ]
Desperado Literature - Interviews with contemporary novelists and poets.
Eye on Books - Brief interviews with authors of new and current fiction and non-fiction, presented in RealAudio and Windows Media streaming audio.
Meta Description: [ Bill Thompson's Eye on Books features audio interviews with bestselling authors. Also included are book summaries, author quotes, author photos, & links to author websites. And it's all free! ]
Findmeanauthor.com - Discover an author by selecting from a genre specific database of photographs.
Meta Description: [ Find an author of any genre in a new and unique way on the Internet using a database of author images. ]
Great Writers and Poets - A fairly wide-ranging directory of links to resources on the 'net for numerous authors, including information on Nobel Prize winners.
Incompetech's British Author Series - A witty and scholarly take on various venerated British authors.
Kelly Writers House - Gathering place and a resource for all kinds of writers and space for experiment and innovation on the Web, as well as on the streets of Philadelphia, by providing webcasts of author readings and interviews. with visiting writers and poets.
Librarie - A graphically enriched virtual library with multi-page sites dedicated to various writers and thinkers. Bibliographies and biographies included.
Meta Description: [ list of authors currently represented within the library; writers and thinkers such as: Andre Breton, James Joyce, Friedrich Nietzsche, Djuna Barnes, Samuel Beckett and Marcel Proust ]
Lit Web - Database of over 500 biographies of authors. Includes a selected bibliography.
Little Blue Light - Concise introductions to a number of international authors, including biographies, major works summaries, and discussions of themes, styles and criticism--all brief.
Maine Writers Index - Biographical and bibliographical information listed for 307 Maine writers.
Meta Description: [ Maine Writers Index ]
Meet the Author - This site features audio clips of authors describing and introducing their books in their own words.
Meta Description: [ At Meet the Author you can see authors describing and introducing their books in their own words ]
Pegasos - Biographies and bibliographies of authors, searchable by alphabet or birthday.
The Art of the Word - Exclusive interviews with American, Canadian and British authors by Craig M. McDonald.
Twentieth-century Authors - Focuses on major English-language writers. Mostly biographical and bibliographical information, and some information on literary criticism.
Meta Description: [ C&RL News Internet Resources column. ]
Wired for Books - An interactive book discussion site featuring essays, lectures, online books, RealAudio programs, spoken poetry, and other literary endeavors.
Meta Description: [ Wired for Books features author interviews, spoken poetry and stories, and children's literature, in text, pictures, and streaming audio and video. ]
WPL Author Catalog - Annotated links to large author indexes, organized by nationalities/time periods and genres.
Meta Description: [ WPL Author Catalogs ]
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