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Literary
Couplings
Writing Couples, Collaborators, and the Construction of Authorship
Edited by Marjorie Stone and Judith Thompson
"A terrific book, carefully and
helpfully theorized, wonderfully researched, lucidly written,
and filled with unexpected couplings, insights, and pleasures."–Susan J. Leonardi, University of Maryland
This collection challenges the traditional focus on solitary
genius by examining the rich diversity of collaborations from
the early modern to the post-modern period. Literary Couplings
explores some of the best-known literary partnerships–from
the Sidneys to Boswell and Johnson to Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes–and
also includes lesser-known collaborators such as Daphne Marlatt
and Betsy Warland.
The essays place famous authors such as Samuel Coleridge, Oscar
Wilde, and William Butler Yeats in new contexts; reassess overlooked
members of writing partnerships; and throw new light on texts
marginalized due to their collaborative nature.
By integrating historical studies with authorship theory, Literary
Couplings goes beyond static notions of the writing "couple"
to explore literary couplings created by readers, critics, historians,
and publishers as well as by writers themselves, thus expanding
our understanding of authorship.
"A terrific book, carefully and helpfully
theorized, wonderfully researched, lucidly written, and filled
with unexpected couplings, insights, and pleasures."–Susan
J. Leonardi, University of Maryland
"A wealth of information–much
of it new, all of it interesting and relevant–about specific
historical collaborations."
–Patricia Clements, University of Alberta
 Marjorie
Stone is assistant dean of the
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and associate professor of
English and women's studies at Dalhousie University.
Judith Thompson is associate professor of English at Dalhousie
University.
Contributors: Rebecca Carpenter, Sarah Churchwell, Corinne
Davies, Patricia Demers, Robert Gray, Gerard Goggin, Lisa Harper,
Alison Hickey, Christopher Keep, Jill Matus, John Radner,
Marjorie Stone, Judith Thompson, Amber Vogel, Anne Wallace
and Lorraine York.
For more information contact our publicity
manager, phone: (608) 263-0734, email: publicity@uwpress.wisc.edu
Of
related interest
Living at the Edge
A Biography of D. H. Lawrence and Frieda von Richthofen
Michael Squires and Lynn K. Talbot
Intimate Creativity
Partners in Love and Art
Irving and Suzanne Sarnoff
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September 2007
LC: 2005033030 PR
392 pp. 6 x 9 1 b/w illus.
ISBN-13: 978-0-299-21760-0 Cloth $60.00 s
(ISBN-10: 0-299-21760-4)
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(ISBN-10: 0-299-21764-7)
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