The Author’s Afterlife
François Noudelmann’s essay explores the notion of a ‘posthumous truth.’ This concept refers to how discourses on an author can be shaped by supposed ‘revelations’ after his or her death. Noudelmann interrogates whether these alleged ‘truths’ may be considered as such, and to what degree they remain open to interpretation. This is all the more important given the malleability of archives and, crucially, the decisions made by living authors to have information released after their deaths. Noudelmann contends that these authors are creating a kind of truth effect, given the broad tendency of the public to view information released posthumously as more true to life, more authentic.
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