Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Celebrity Theory and Authorial Autobiography
Literary Property and the Right to Privacy
Modernism, Mass Culture, Masculinity
1. Modern Consciousness and Public Subjectivity
Pronouns, Patronyms, Publicity
(Re)Collecting the Past
Third-Person Masculine
2. Trademark Twain
The Republic of Letters
BeTwain Two Deaths
Incorporating the Author
3. Legitimating London
Plagiarism, Primitivism, Publicity
Literary Value and Class Consciousness
Literature and Legitimacy
4. Gertrude Stein's Money
The Gender of Genius
Funny Money
The Death of Genius
5. Being Ernest
The Author versus the Audience (Misogyny)
The Author versus Himself (Homophobia)
The Author versus the Biographers (Death)
The Author Reborn? (Androgyny)
6. The Norman Conquest
Declaration: First among Equals
Engagement: The Third Man
Defeat: The Second Sex
Executing the Author
Coda
Notes
Index
About the Author