Abstract
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The Oxford Handbook of Publishing |
Editors | Angus Phillips , Michael Bhaskar |
Place of Publication | Oxford UK |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Chapter | 3 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Edition | 1st |
ISBN (Print) | 9780198794202 |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Publication series
Name | Oxford Handbooks |
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Publisher | Oxford UP |
Keywords
- author
- copyright
- Romanticism
- digital
- self-publishing
- fan fiction
- incomes
- celebrity
- Social Media
- festivals
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Authorship
AU - Murray, Simone
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The culturally esteemed concept of the ‘Author’ is the product of the Anglophone world and emerged simultaneous with copyright and Romanticism from the early eighteenth century. Digital technologies present fundamental challenges to traditional conceptions and practices of authorship: digital texts are typically open to ‘readerly’ manipulation, and digital publishing has allowed more democratic forms of authorship such as self-publishing and crowd-funded publishing. Paradoxically, the digital domain has triggered further elevation of the celebrity author figure, with author-maintained social media accounts providing readers with daily, or even real-time, communion with favourite authors. Authorship thus stands at a fascinating point: at once sacralised more than ever yet, in theory at least, never more accessible to a mass public.
AB - The culturally esteemed concept of the ‘Author’ is the product of the Anglophone world and emerged simultaneous with copyright and Romanticism from the early eighteenth century. Digital technologies present fundamental challenges to traditional conceptions and practices of authorship: digital texts are typically open to ‘readerly’ manipulation, and digital publishing has allowed more democratic forms of authorship such as self-publishing and crowd-funded publishing. Paradoxically, the digital domain has triggered further elevation of the celebrity author figure, with author-maintained social media accounts providing readers with daily, or even real-time, communion with favourite authors. Authorship thus stands at a fascinating point: at once sacralised more than ever yet, in theory at least, never more accessible to a mass public.
KW - author
KW - copyright
KW - Romanticism
KW - digital
KW - self-publishing
KW - fan fiction
KW - incomes
KW - celebrity
KW - Social Media
KW - festivals
UR - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-publishing-9780198794202?cc=au&lang=en&
M3 - Chapter (Book)
SN - 9780198794202
T3 - Oxford Handbooks
BT - The Oxford Handbook of Publishing
A2 - Phillips , Angus
A2 - Bhaskar, Michael
PB - Oxford University Press
CY - Oxford UK
ER -