Leading dual lives, even literarily': Voice, Visibility, and Ghostwriting in the Sweet Valley Franchise

2025/01/01 by Melanie Ramdarshan Bold, Nora Slonimsky · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Literature: history, themes, analysis #Freedom of Expression and Defamation #Joseph Conrad and Literature

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Abstract

Introduction Authorship is a profession in flux. Ranging from the anonymous and attributed, individual and collective, or even mythical writers of ancient and medieval periods, to the idealised author as a figure of creative genius and visionary during the Romantic era, and finally to the current overemphasis on bestselling and celebrity authors, which often overshadows

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