Faking Literature

by K.K. Ruthven

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Literary forgeries are usually regarded as spurious versions of genuine literature. Faking Literature argues that the production of a literary forgery is an act that reveals the spurious nature of literature itself. Literature has long been under attack because of its alliance with rhetoric (the art of persuasion) rather than with logic and ethics. One way of deflecting such attacks is to demonize literary forgery: literature acquires the illusion...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521669650

ISBN13:9780521669658

Release Date:April 2001

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:248 Pages

Weight:0.78 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Criticism & Theory English Literature History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literary Theory Literature Literature & Fiction

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