Fictions and Fakes
Subtitle: Forging Romantic Authenticity, 17601845 (Cambridge Studies in Romanticism)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 27, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780521850780
Subjects: Collections & anthologies of various literary forms; Literary forgeries and mystifications; Great Britain; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; British Isles; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; 18th century; English literature; History and criticism; Romanticism
First sentence: To call Macpherson or Chatterton a "forger" is at the very least to court anachronism.