Abstract
In the introduction to On Histories and Stories, A. S. Byatt argues that
‘those of us who write about modern writing have a duty to keep the
discussion open’ in order ‘to create new paradigms, which will bring
new books, new styles, new preoccupations to the attention of readers’. This paper considers how Byatt’s suggestion about the role of the
critic writing about living authors can be adapted for scholarship and
criticism that seeks to respond to new forms of life writing that have
emerged in the digital age.
‘those of us who write about modern writing have a duty to keep the
discussion open’ in order ‘to create new paradigms, which will bring
new books, new styles, new preoccupations to the attention of readers’. This paper considers how Byatt’s suggestion about the role of the
critic writing about living authors can be adapted for scholarship and
criticism that seeks to respond to new forms of life writing that have
emerged in the digital age.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1-13 |
| Journal | International Journal for History, Culture and Modernity |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Keywords
- Ai Weiwei
- life writing
- migration
- selfies