Analysis of Michel Foucault's What is an Author? e-bog

Michel Foucault's 1969 essay "e;What is an Author?"e; sidesteps the stormy arguments surrounding "e;intentional fallacy"e; and the "e;death of the author,"e; offering an entirely different way of looking at texts. Foucault points out that all texts are written but not all are discussed as having "e;authors"e;. So what is special about "e;authored"e; texts? And what makes an "e;author"e; different to other kinds of text-producers? From its deceptively simple titular question, Foucault's essay offers a complex argument for viewing authors and their texts as objects. A challenging, thought-provoking piece, it is one of the most influential literary essays of the twentieth century.