Oscar Wilde's Chatterton
Subtitle: literary history, romanticism, and the art of forgery
By: Joseph Bristow and Rebecca N. Mitchell
Contributors: Mitchell, Rebecca N. (Rebecca Nicole), 1976- author
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 470
ISBN-13: 9780300208306
Subjects: Criticism; Literature; Knowledge; Influence; Criticism and interpretation; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Thomas Chatterton: writing the life, editing the poetry; title: The Chatterton legend: tributes, adaptations, memorials; title: Wilde's discovery of Chatterton: the "father of the romantic movement"; title: Wilde's "Chatterton" notebook: the art of forgery and the charge of plagiarism; title: Wilde, forgery, and crime: "pen, pencil and poison", "the decay of lying", and the short fiction; title: Forging literary history: "The portrait of Mr. W.H."; title: Conclusion: Wilde's writings and Chatterton's reputation: the fin de siècle and beyond.