The Deceivers
Subtitle: Art Forgery And Identity in the Nineteenth Century
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: August 31, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780801444609
Subjects: Forgery, falsification & theft of artworks; Literary studies: 19th century; History - General; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Art; Art & Art Instruction; Forgery in literature; British Isles; United Kingdom, Great Britain; History - Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945); Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature; Europe - Great Britain - General; Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature
Description: "The Deceivers explores the intersections among artistic crime, literary narrative, and the definition of identity. Through close reading of literary narratives such as Trilby and The Marble Faun as well as newspaper accounts of forgery scandals, The Deceivers reveals the identities - both authentic and fake - that emerged from the Victorian culture of forgery."--Jacket.