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Faking literature / 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...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Ruthven, K. K.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
English literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Literary forgeries and mystifications > History.
Literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
English literature > Theory, etc.
Literary forgeries and mystifications
Literature > Theory, etc.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Sampling the spurious
  • 2. Framing literary forgery
  • 3. Cultivating spuriosity
  • 4. Faultlines of authorship
  • 5. Fantasies of originality
  • 6. Rhetorics of authenticity
  • 7. Fake literature as critique.

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