The Pasts and Futures of Authorship. A Review of Authorship: Commercializing of Literature and the Phantasm of the Authorial Subject by Aldona Kobus Cover Image

The Pasts and Futures of Authorship. A Review of Authorship: Commercializing of Literature and the Phantasm of the Authorial Subject by Aldona Kobus
The Pasts and Futures of Authorship. A Review of Authorship: Commercializing of Literature and the Phantasm of the Authorial Subject by Aldona Kobus

Author(s): Dawid Smyk, Paulina Szczepaniak
Subject(s): Polish Literature, Book-Review, Theory of Literature
Published by: Ośrodek Badań Filozoficznych
Keywords: authorship; literature; publishing market; feminism; collective authorship; history of authorship;

Summary/Abstract: Autorstwo. Urynkowienie literatury i fantazmat podmiotu autorskiego (Authorship: Commercializing of Literature and the Phantasm of the Authorial Subject) by Aldona Kobus, published in 2021 by Nicolaus Copernicus University Press, presents a complex framework for addressing various theories on authorship. Starting from outlining the historical background of the development of the notions of authorship and moving to their redefinitions in feminist critique, the book finishes with an appeal to acknowledge the importance of collective authorship and underlines the role of fandom studies. The book offers an overview of the main perspectives on authorship and can be described as a pioneering study on the subject in Polish cultural and literary studies.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 1-9
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English