Death and Resurrection of the Author?

WILLIAM IRWIN is Associate Professor of Philosophy at King's College, Pennsylvania./e He has published several articles on theory of interpretation and aesthetics, as well as four books, including Intentionalist Interpretation: A Philosophical Explanation and Defense (Greenwood, 1999).

• PrefaceIntroductionThe Death of the AuthorThe Death of the Author by Roland BarthesWhat Is an Author? by Michel FoucaultKierkegaard and the Anxiety of Authorship by Merold WestphalGadamer's Hermeneutics and the Question of Authorial Intention by David WebermanThe Marginal Life of the Author by Jason HoltThe Death of the Author: An Analytical Autopsy by Peter LamarqueThe Resurrection of the Author? A Look at Author ConstructsWriter, Text, Work, Author by Alexander NehamasAuthorship and Authority by Nickolas PappasApparent, Implied, and Postulated Authors by Robert SteckerFeminist Literary Criticism and the Author by Cheryl WalkerA Theory of the Author by Jorge J.E. GraciaIntentionalism and Author Constructs by William IrwinThe Death of Cervantes and the Life of Don Quixote by Eric BronsonBibliographyIndex