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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: John PottsPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.60cm Weight: 0.360kg ISBN: 9781487546120ISBN 10: 1487546122 Pages: 222 Publication Date: 18 November 2022 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsThe Near-Death of the Author provides essential explanation and questioning of the complexity modern authors have to deal with regarding ownership, status, and reward. By placing discussions of technological change at the heart of authorship studies, this text reframes discussions about the changing nature of authorship, showing that digitalization and authorial practice are now intrinsically linked, and that technology has changed the nature of how we must evaluate creative practice and the creative industries. - Melissa Terras, Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage, University of Edinburgh Impressive in its intellectual reach across centuries of authorial practice and theory, from ancient Mesopotamia to the digital age, from scrolls to NFTs, The Near-Death of the Author combines a pragmatic call for copyright revision with a steadfast advocacy of artists' rights to recompense for their creative labour. Above all, it is a tribute to the fluid, adaptive, and endlessly serendipitous nature of authorship itself. - Lorraine York, Distinguished University Professor, English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University This book will satisfy all those who are curious about the changes that have befallen the status of the author from antiquity to the present. While it may seem that the rise of AI, big data, and machine learning put authors on the threatened-species list, they have thus far avoided extinction. And if John Potts is right, the near-death of the author looks likely to remain just that. - Ross Rudesch Harley, Professor Emeritus, Arts and Design, UNSW Sydney The Near-Death of the Author provides essential explanation and questioning of the complexity modern authors have to deal with regarding ownership, status, and reward. By placing discussions of technological change at the heart of authorship studies, this text reframes discussions about the changing nature of authorship, showing that digitalization and authorial practice are now intrinsically linked, and that technology has changed the nature of how we must evaluate creative practice and the creative industries. - Melissa Terras, Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage, University of Edinburgh Impressive in its intellectual reach across centuries of authorial practice and theory, from ancient Mesopotamia to the digital age, from scrolls to NFTs, The Near-Death of the Author combines a pragmatic call for copyright revision with a steadfast advocacy of artists' rights to recompense for their creative labour. Above all, it is a tribute to the fluid, adaptive, and endlessly serendipitous nature of authorship itself. - Lorraine York, Distinguished University Professor, English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University This book will satisfy all those who are curious about the changes that have befallen the status of the author from antiquity to the present. While it may seem that the rise of AI, big data, and machine learning put authors on the threatened-species list, they have thus far avoided extinction. And if John Potts is right, the near-death of the author looks likely to remain just that. - Ross Rudesch Harley, Professor Emeritus, Arts and Design, UNSW Sydney Author InformationJohn Potts is a professor of media and the director of the Centre for Media History at Macquarie University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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