Document Type
Article
Rights
This item is available under a Creative Commons License for non-commercial use only
Disciplines
Interdisciplinary, General literature studies
Abstract
This dually authored first-person essay offers a narrative account of the far-ranging writing experiences of two well-established academics who, like many others working in higher education, contribute writing to mainstream publications as well as to scholarly ones. The essay considers the implications for professional and personal reputations when material targeted at one kind of audience is easily accessible by another through internet ‘context collapse.’ It argues for an inextricable connection between authorial ethics and the essential rigour of all good writing, and it encourages scholar-writers to invest their energies in nonscholarly writing for its value to society.
Recommended Citation
Sue Norton and Laurence W. Mazzeno, ‘When Literature Scholars Write for General Readers: A Two-Person, First-Person Essay,’ Journal of Scholarly Publishing 50, no. 2 (January 2019): 124–38 doi:10.3138/jsp.50.2.04.
DOI
doi:10.3138/jsp.50.2.04
Publication Details
Journal of Scholarly Publishing, University of Toronto Press
Volume 50 No. 2, January 2019, pp124-138
https://www.utpjournals.press/loi/jsp