Influence and Intertextuality in Literary History

This important collection explores and clarifies two of the most contested ideas in literary theory today, influence and intertextuality. The study of influence tends to center on major authors and canonical works, identifying prior documents as 'sources' or 'contexts' for a given author. Intertextuality is a concept unconcerned with authors as individuals; it treats all texts as part of a network of discourse that includes culture, history, and social practices as well as other literary works.Clayton, Jay is the author of 'Influence and Intertextuality in Literary History' with ISBN 9780299130343 and ISBN 0299130347.