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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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profit4you (MAKE GOOD MONEY) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:34:01 -0000
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#Welcome 2010#3idiots #fps #amirkhan #chetanbhagat @chetan_bhagat, Guys,discussion is PAIN 4persons involved,as authors of book &scenario.
1seahorse1 (1seahorse1) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:27:30 -0000
#Welcome 2010#3idiots #fps #amirkhan #chetanbhagat @chetan_bhagat, Guys,discussion is PAIN 4persons involved,as authors of book &scenario.
why do all my favourite authors die? :-(
scrivna (Ross Scrivener) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:26:47 -0000
why do all my favourite authors die? :-(
Having thoughts of unfollowing some twits. Some has been distasteful & are shaming its authors, most of whom are unaware of their own doing.
gippittygit (Gita Astari) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:24:17 -0000
Having thoughts of unfollowing some twits. Some has been distasteful & are shaming its authors, most of whom are unaware of their own doing.
RT @chetan_bhagat: RT @virsanghvi: I am on the side of Chetan Bhagat in the 3 Idiots controversy. Authors deserve prominent credit if th ...
ashishalba99 (ASHISH JAIN) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:18:50 -0000
RT @chetan_bhagat: RT @virsanghvi: I am on the side of Chetan Bhagat in the 3 Idiots controversy. Authors deserve prominent credit if th ...
"Sense and nonsense" http://tinyurl.com/ye5mgck #books #authors #writers #news
VegasBookFest (Vegas Book Festival) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:15:15 -0000
"Sense and nonsense" http://tinyurl.com/ye5mgck #books #authors #writers #news
SF Site: Science Fiction Author Links - Collection of author links, sorted alphabetically for convenience.
Meta Description: [ The Home Page for Science Fiction and Fantasy ]
Fantasy Author Library - An archive of interviews with a number of established SF/F writers.
Meta Description: [ Library of science fiction and fantasy interviews. ]
Fantastic Fiction - Bibliographical index of around 2000 science fiction and fantasy authors.
Meta Description: [ Over 7000 bestselling author bibliographies with all the newest books, covers and descriptions ]
Revolutionizing the Genre - Dedicated to Samuel R. Delany, Octavia Butler and Nalo Hopkinson - three black writers of science fiction.
Meta Description: [ This page is dedicated to those of you out there who patiently await new novels by Black science-fiction writers ]
Science Fiction and Fantasy Book List Site - Listing of various SF/F authors their writing history, with links to related web sites.
Meta Description: [ Science Fiction and Fantasy Book List ]
SFF Net Locus Index - Index created from the Locus magazine 'Books Received' column.
Meta Description: [ 404 Page ]
SFF Net People - Large collection of links to individual author sites, sorted alphabetically.
Meta Description: [ SFF Net People Pages - Home pages of SFF Net Members. SFF Net is the premier site for reading, writing, and discussing all varieties of genre literature, from science fiction and fantasy to romance and mystery. ]
The Calgary Coven - SF/F authors Rebecca Bradley, Mari Jakober and Alison Sinclair's joint home page.
The Futurians - Group of New York SF fans, writers and editors active from 1938-45. They held the conviction 'that SF fans should be forward-looking (futurian) and constructive. Site presents a brief overview of the group.
The Internet Speculative Fiction Database - Bibliographies of SF writers.
War Fought By Masterminds by Ernest S. McCollum - The offical website for the novel War Fought By Masterminds. It contains
author info, character info, and excerpt from the novel.
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