Introduction -- Tradition -- Power -- Accuracy -- Kitsch -- Censorship -- Political correctness -- New kinds of sex : J.G. Ballard, Crash -- Faking a life : Binjamin Wilkomirski, Fragments -- Sex, satire and sadism : Bret Easton Ellis, American...
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Introduction -- Tradition -- Power -- Accuracy -- Kitsch -- Censorship -- Political correctness -- New kinds of sex : J.G. Ballard, Crash -- Faking a life : Binjamin Wilkomirski, Fragments -- Sex, satire and sadism : Bret Easton Ellis, American psycho -- Between Poland and Germany : Gunter Grass, The tin drum -- African reality : Wole Soyinka, 'The writer in a modern African state' -- Witches of Croatia : Dubravka Ugrešić, The culture of lies. In a world where literary scandals often end up in court, the issue of responsibility in writing has never been more important. In this groundbreaking study, Carl Tighe asks the questions every writer needs to consider:*What is it that writers do? Are they responsible for all the uses to which their writing might be put? Or no more responsible than their readers?*How are a writer's responsibilities compromised or defined by commercial or political pressures, or by notions of tradition or originality?*How does a writer's audience affect their responsibilities? Are these the sa
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IntroductionTradition -- Power -- Accuracy -- Kitsch -- Censorship -- Political correctness -- New kinds of sex : J.G. Ballard, Crash -- Faking a life : Binjamin Wilkomirski, Fragments -- Sex, satire and sadism : Bret Easton Ellis, American psycho -- Between Poland and Germany : Gunter Grass, The tin drum -- African reality : Wole Soyinka, 'The writer in a modern African state' -- Witches of Croatia : Dubravka Ugrešić, The culture of lies.
In a world where literary scandals lead to court, the issue of responsibility in writing has never been so important. In this groundbreaking study, Carl Tighe asks the questions every writer needs to consider: · what is it that writers do? Are they...
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In a world where literary scandals lead to court, the issue of responsibility in writing has never been so important. In this groundbreaking study, Carl Tighe asks the questions every writer needs to consider: · what is it that writers do? Are they responsible for all the uses to which their writing might be put? Or no more responsible than their readers?· how are a writer's responsibilities compromised or defined by commercial or political pressures, or by notions of tradition or originality?· how does a writer's audience affect their responsibilities? Are these the same for writers in all pa
Includes bibliographical references (p. [156]-161) and index
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Tradition; 3 Power; 4 Accuracy; 5 Kitsch; 6 Censorship; 8 New kinds of sex J G Ballard Crash; 9 Faking a life Binjamin Wilkomirski Fragments; 10 Sex, satire and sadism; 11 Between Poland and Germany; 12 African reality; 13 Witches of Croatia: Dubravka Ugresic´,; 14 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index