Author
Creator or originator of any written work such as a book or play, and is also considered a writer or poet.
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Postmodern literature
Form of literature that is characterized by the use of metafiction, unreliable narration, self-reflexivity, intertextuality, and which often thematizes both historical and political issues.
Form of literature that is characterized by the use of metafiction, unreliable narration, self-reflexivity, intertextuality, and which often thematizes both historical and political issues.
This style of experimental literature emerged strongly in the United States in the 1960s through the writings of authors such as Kurt Vonnegut, Thomas Pynchon, William Gaddis, Philip K. Dick, Kathy Acker, and John Barth.
Joint authorship
Joint authorship of a copyrightable work is when two or more persons contribute enough to the work to be the author of that work.
Copyright
Type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time.
Type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time.
Typically, the first owner of a copyright is the person who created the work i.e. the author.
Poet
Person who creates poetry.
Person who creates poetry.
A poet may simply be the creator (thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or written), or they may also perform their art to an audience.
Book
Medium for recording information in the form of writing or images, typically composed of many pages bound together and protected by a cover.
Medium for recording information in the form of writing or images, typically composed of many pages bound together and protected by a cover.
The Christian authors may also have wanted to distinguish their writings from the pagan and Judaic texts written on scrolls.
Christine de Pizan
Italian poet and court writer for King Charles VI of France and several French dukes.
Italian poet and court writer for King Charles VI of France and several French dukes.
As a mark of ownership and authorship the opening frontispiece depicts Queen Isabeau being presented with the book by Christine.
Outline of literature
Provided as an overview of and topical guide to literature .
Provided as an overview of and topical guide to literature .
Author
Clive Barker
Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English playwright, author, film director and visual artist who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories, the Books of Blood, which established him as a leading horror writer.
Logrolling
Trading of favors, or quid pro quo, such as vote trading by legislative members to obtain passage of actions of interest to each legislative member.
Trading of favors, or quid pro quo, such as vote trading by legislative members to obtain passage of actions of interest to each legislative member.
Private Eye magazine regularly draws attention to alleged logrolling by authors in "books of the year" features published by British newspapers and magazines.
Quotation
Repetition of a sentence, phrase, or passage from speech or text that someone has said or written.
Repetition of a sentence, phrase, or passage from speech or text that someone has said or written.
Quotations are used for a variety of reasons: to illuminate the meaning or to support the arguments of the work in which it is being quoted, to provide direct information about the work being quoted (whether in order to discuss it, positively or negatively), to pay homage to the original work or author, to make the user of the quotation seem well-read, and/or to comply with copyright law.