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Author:   Sen Burke
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.538kg
ISBN:  

9780748618309

ISBN 10:   0748618309
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   24 January 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Key to References and Abbreviations Prologue: Friedrich Nietzsche in Auschwitz, Or the Posthumous Return of the Author Introduction: The Responsibilities of the Writer Chapter One: The Ethical Opening Speech and Writing: the Aporia The Birth of Philosophy Out of the Spirit of Writing Dionysian Orality versus Socratic 'Inscription' The Internal Scribe and the Athenian Legislator Chapter Two: The Ethics of Legacy The Ethics of Question and Answer Suitable and Unsuitable Readers Chapter Three: Signature and Authorship in the Phaedrus Oral versus Graphic Signatures Science and Signature Dialectic and Mathematics: Iterability and the Ethics of Writing Dialectic and the (Anxious) Origins of Authorship: Tribunal and Signature in the Phaedrus Chapter Four: The Textual Estate: Nietzsche and Authorial Responsibility Counter-philosophy Mixed Genres The Will to Power as Art Signature and the Ethical Future The Estate Settled? Conclusion: Creativity versus Containment: The Aesthetic Defence FOOTNOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

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Burke argues compellingly that no author is completely beyond ethical recall on the ground of artistic immunity or aesthetic irrelevancy... Highly recommended. Choice Burke argues compellingly that no author is completely beyond ethical recall on the ground of artistic immunity or aesthetic irrelevancy... Highly recommended.

Burke argues compellingly that no author is completely beyond ethical recall on the ground of artistic immunity or aesthetic irrelevancy... Highly recommended. Choice Burke argues compellingly that no author is completely beyond ethical recall on the ground of artistic immunity or aesthetic irrelevancy... Highly recommended.

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Sean Burke was Lecturer, then Reader in English Studies at the University of Durham for thirteen years. His academic publications include 'The Death and Return of the Author: Criticism and Subjectivity in Barthes, Foucault and Derrida', and the critical edition, 'Authorship: From Plato to the Postmodern'. His first novel, 'Deadwater' (2002), has been published in France as 'Au bout des docks' (2007).

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