<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This article considers the normative conceptions and images that contemporary German fiction authors associate with their own work. On the basis of twenty narrative interviews, the article examines the extent to which the different self-reflections of authors manifest themselves in subjective interpretations and literary practices, which in turn reflect the economic and social structure of the literary field. This study aims at an empirical reconstruction of typical notions of authorship.</p></abstract>

This article considers the normative conceptions and images that contemporary German fiction authors associate with their own work. On the basis of twenty narrative interviews, the article examines the extent to which the different self-reflections of authors manifest themselves in subjective interpretations and literary practices, which in turn reflect the economic and social structure of the literary field. This study aims at an empirical reconstruction of typical notions of authorship.

Being an Author: Literary Identities of Work in the Contemporary German Literary Field

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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This article considers the normative conceptions and images that contemporary German fiction authors associate with their own work. On the basis of twenty...

Being an Author: Literary Identities of Work in the Contemporary German Literary Field

Published Online: May 29, 2017

Page range: 401 - 422

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjs-2017-0021

Keywords
literary field, authorship, autonomy, art and market, writer

© 2017 Carolin Amlinger, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Being an Author: Literary Identities of Work in the Contemporary German Literary Field

Published Online: May 29, 2017

Page range: 401 - 422

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjs-2017-0021

Keywordsliterary field, authorship, autonomy, art and market, writer

© 2017 Carolin Amlinger, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
literary field, authorship, autonomy, art and market, writer