Vol. 19 No. 1 (2025): What Is an Author—Now?

A number of recent developments have breathed new life into the old questions about the biographical method and the author in literary studies: autofiction, post-criticism, identity politics (for lack of a better term), AI, and new forms of authorship studies. These new perspectives are highlighted in the contributions to this special issue. They are based on a series of presentations by Danish scholars at a seminar held at SDU in November 2024, organized by the Hans Christian Andersen Centre and the Centre for Uses of Literature.

The image was generated by Copilot – subtly poking fun at the fact that the programme produces an older man when asked to create a picture of “a writer”. So, we asked for a bit more.