Fictions and Fakes - Forging Romantic Authenticity, 1760-1845

Informationen zum Autor Margaret Russett is Associate Professor of English at the University of Southern California. Klappentext This 2006 book is a major reinterpretation of how Romantic writers distinguished their fictions from the fakes surrounding them. Zusammenfassung British Romantic literature descends from a line of impostors! forgers and frauds. In this 2006 book! Margaret Russett demonstrates how Romantic writers distinguished their fictions from the fakes surrounding them. Russett's interdisciplinary and wide-ranging study offers a major reinterpretation of Romanticism and its continuing influence today. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. From fake to fiction: toward a Romantic theory of imposture; 2. Chatterton's primal scene of writing; 3. Unconscious plagiarism: from 'Christabel' to the Lay of the Last Minstrel; 4. The delusions of Hope; 5. The 'Caraboo' hoax: Romantic woman as mirror and mirage; 6. Clare Byron; 7. The Gothic violence of the letter; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Margaret Russett, Margaret (University of Southern Californ Russett, Russett Margaret
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.11.2009
• EAN: 9780521123549
• ISBN: 978-0-521-12354-9
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Romantici; Cambridge Studies in Romanticism
• Subjects: Fiction > Mixed anthologies; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Anthologies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Anthologies (non-poetry), Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, C 1700 To C 1800, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form