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A Relational Theory of Authorship
No full textOver the years we have heard the debate as to whether authorship emanates solely from the individual or from the cultural context in which they inhabit. Writers such as Professors Woodmansee, Jaszi and Cohen have asserted a cultural theory of authorship. On one hand, there is the liberal philosophy of autonomous creativity evidenced in the notion of a "romantic author" (after the period known as romanticism). On the other hand we have more of a communitarian notion – that the author acts in a cultural context and authorship to some extent must be linked back to the social existence within which the author is situated.\ud
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This article argues that for too long we have privileged the notion of the romantic author so much so that it is hard to argue for any other approach to copyright than one that focuses primarily on the author and their assignees such as publishers or associated commercialising agents such as recording companies. Furthermore it suggests that this approach fits awkwardly with the burgeoning networked society fuelled by the Internet to the point where it threatens innovation and the potential for productivity. To this end the article argues that we should more explicitly acknowledge the contribution of culture to authorship and more so the role of each and every individual in assisting and nurturing that authorship, as well as the contribution of users to creativity through consumptive, productive and transformative use of copyright works
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[The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald]
No full textPhotograph of a draw bridge and two photos of emergency workers moving bodies on gurneys. The reverse of the three mounted photographs is inscribed with the words, "Edmond[sic] Fitzgerald rescue workers." The Edmund Fitzgerald was a commercial hauling ship that sunk on November 10th, 1975 in Lake Superior in Canadian waters. The shipwreck is located 17 miles north-west of Whitefish Point
Old Joe Clark
No full textEmory Fitzgerald plays a banjo tune. Wilson Lawhorn is also present. They are both residents of Tyro, Nelson County, where this interview with Kip Lornell takes place
Fitzgerald in the Late 1910s: War and Women
No full textThis dissertation analyzes historical and cultural factors that influenced F. Scott Fitzgerald\u27s portrayal of women in three of his early works. In Sentiment—and the Use of Rouge, This Side of Paradise, and Head and Shoulders, women act as usurpers and destroyers, infiltrating male territory and taking on traditionally male roles. Fitzgerald reacts to changes in the status of women that had been occurring since the late 1800s. But the late 1910s, when the author composed these works, witnessed a hastening of women\u27s progress and an intensification of the male anxiety resulting from these changes. Repercussions of the war in Europe did much to exacerbate men\u27s fears. Here, I examine the many ways in which the war influenced American culture and how Fitzgerald, something of a self-appointed voice of his generation reflected the male panic resulting from changes in gender relations. To do so, I attempt to recover and reconstruct the zeitgeist of the late 1910s through an extensive reading of period print media. Chapter 1 treats Sentiment, one of the few Fitzgerald works to deal directly with the war. American periodicals published many articles dealing with European—and especially British—reactions to the war. Sentiment dramatizes controversies surrounding changes in fashion, war babies, khaki fever, and eugenics. In chapter 2, I discuss Fitzgerald\u27s portrayal of the automobile in Paradise. Fitzgerald documents the new freedoms that young men and women of the 1910s enjoyed and the role the devil wagon —as period sources called the automobile—played in this liberation. The print media of the 1910s celebrated the motor vehicle\u27s role on the battlefield and the woman driver\u27s contributions to the war effort, thus creating an association between women, cars, and battlefield death. In the novel, the car becomes a vehicle of moral and physical destruction. Finally, I read Head as a commentary on gender role reversals during the war, when women invaded traditionally male territory in the workplace. This usurpation of male roles went all the way to the White House: Edith Wilson secretly made important political decisions as her husband Woodrow lay incapacitated after a stroke
How far is F. Scott Fitzgerald efficient in reflecting the moral corruption in the American Society of Roaring Twenties?
No full textF. Scott Fitzgerald is one of the artistic authors in American literature who has always
inspired young generations ever since he was first published. The very first reason why his
masterpieces are so impressive, is his flashing some sections from his real life in his short
stories and novels. Furthermore, he is shining at reflecting the characteristics of his period-the
glittering Jazz Era, the sophisticated, stylish Roaring Twenties.
There are many sections of Fitzgerald’s life, which is very similar to his novel The Great
Gatsby. To give some examples, Gatsby falls in love while he is a lieutenant like Fitzgerald
and Daisy is keen on a wealthy life, full of luxury just like Zelda who is Fitzgerald’s wife in
real life. Nick Carraway has also some similar aspects with Fitzgerald. They both go to Ivy
League colleges (Nick goes to Yale and Fitzgerald goes to Princeton.). The real life of the
author, embedded in the story, always makes the novel more alluring. That is why I chose The
Great Gatsby.
This extended essay is mainly an attempt to figure out the social attitudes during twenties and
grasp the mood of this enigmatic Jazz Age by enjoying the masterpiece of one of the most
transcendent, peerless American authors-F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby.
Moral corruption is the main issue that is covered in this essay and the efficiency of Fitzgerald
in reflecting the collapse of ethical values is focused on
Autour de F. Scott Fitzgerald
No full text Joan M. Allen. Candles and Carnival Lights : The Catholic Sensibility of F Scott Fitzgerald. New York : New York University Press, 1978. 163 + xvi pp. Matthew J. Bruccoli, ed. The Notebooks of F Scott Fitzgerald. New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich/Bruccoli Clark, 1978. 366 + xvi pp. Matthew J. Bruccoli, ed. The Price Was High: The Last Uncollected Stories of F Scott Fitzgerald. New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich/Bruccoli Clark, 1979.788 + xx pp. Linda C. Stanley. The Foreign Critical Reputation of F Scott Fitzgerald. Westport, Conn, and London: Greenwood Press, 1980. 276 + xiii pp. La fascination qu'exerce F. Scott Fitzgerald sur les lecteurs contemporains est certaine et parfaitement justifiée, car il reste, tout compte fait, l'un des plus grands écrivains américains du vingtième siècle. Sa réputation qui avait peut-être sombré à son niveau le plus bas lors de sa mort en 1940—et encore n'était-elle pas réellement basse si l'on tient compte des très nombreux articles nécrologiques qui parurent de New York à Los Angeles—n'a cessé de remonter depuis lors pour atteindre son apogée en 1960 avec la parution de la biographie de Scott écrite par Andrew Turnbull. Il est en effet fort rare que la biographie d'un écrivain soi-disant oublié, ou même celle d'un écrivain en vogue, devienne un "best seller." Il est encore plus étonnant que la biographie de la femme de cet écrivain tienne la tête de liste des best sellers pendant plus de six mois.1 Mais la réputation de Scott ne semble pas avoir décliné depuis 1960, bien au contraire. De nouvelles études critiques sur son oeuvre ne cessent de paraître, de nouveaux films sont produits qui prennent son oeuvre comme point de départ ( The Great Gats by, The Way We Were, Hearts of the West) et qui, dans certains cas, lui restent extrême- ment fidèles—trop peut-être pour la réussite du film—comme ce fut le cas pour Gatsby. La mode enfin des robes et des décors en revient aux lignes et aux attitudes des Années Vingt. Pourquoi cette nostalgie d'un monde dont Fitzgerald par sa vie et par son oeuvre était devenu le symbole? Peut-être parce que nous partageons avec lui la conscience et la peur d'une catastrophe imminente; peut-être parce que par son anticipation de la désintégration physique et psychologique Fitzgerald appartient plus que tout autre écrivain de sa génération au monde moderne. </jats:p
Outline of Fictional Appropriations of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald
No full textThe aim of this paper is to chronologically and thematically outline the existing novels combining fact and fiction, termed bioficitons/literary biographies about the lives of the American author Francis Scott Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda Fitzgerald. The list could further serve the study of this genre and the trends of its popularity. Furthermore, it can lead to the study the Fitzgeralds’ fictional portrayal
OUTLINE OF FICTIONAL APPROPRIATIONS OF F. SCOTT AND ZELDA FITZGERALD
No full textThe aim of this paper is to chronologically and thematically outline the existingnovels combining fact and fiction, termed bioficitons/literary biographies about the lives of theAmerican author Francis Scott Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda Fitzgerald. The list could further serve thestudy of this genre and the trends of its popularity. Furthermore, it can lead to the study the Fitzgeralds’fictional portrayal
“The Three Kings: Hemingway, Faulkner, and Fitzgerald”
No full textIn this chapter, the author reflects on how he came to read William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, and F. Scott Fitzgerald—whom he describes as the three kings. The author begins by recalling a few years ago reading in Exile's Return, Malcolm Cowley's book on the 1920s, the teenage correspondence between Cowley and Kenneth Burke. He admits that reading was his very problem in Mississippi. He also remembers the first time he read Fitzgerald's story “Absolution” and how he came to know who Faulkner was. According to the author, 1962 was the year he would first read Faulkner, Fitzgerald, and Hemingway. He read The Sun Also Rises, Absalom, Absalom!, and The Great Gatsby. He argues that Faulkner was the best of all three, and the very best of any American writing fiction this century. He concludes by discussing what he and his generation might have learned from the three writers.</p
Ella Fitzgerald in Australia - a history
No full textElla Fitzgerald visited Australia four times (1954, 1960, 1970, 1978) in her long career that spanned six decades. This work presents a detailed history of Ella's tours of Australia using primary sources such as newspaper articles, photographs, and concert memorabilia that are assembled here for the first time. Other than some consideration of a racist event that occured en route to Australia in 1954, and the mistaken belief that Ella interrupted her 1960 tour to return to America to participate in J.F. Kennedy's pre-election inaugural gala, Ella Fitzgerald's tours of Australia have received very scant attention in her biographies and in studies of Australia's musical history
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