The art of scandal
Subtitle: modernism, libel law, and the roman à clef
By: Sean Latham.
Series: Modernist literature & culture -- 3
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9780195379990
Subjects: Romans à clef -- Great Britain -- History and criticism; English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Modernism (Literature) -- Great Britain; Scandals in literature; Truthfulness and falsehood in literature; Libel and slander in literature; Law and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: fact, fiction, pleasure; title: True fictions and false histories: the secret rise of the roman à clef; title: Open secrets and hidden truths: Wilde and Freud; title: Libel: policing the laws of fiction; title: The novel at the bar: Joyce, Lewis, and libel; title: The coterie as commodity: Huxley, Lawrence, Rhys and the business of revenge.