Faking literature

By: Ruthven, K.KMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2001Description: x, 237 pISBN: 9780521669658 ; 0521669650Subject(s): English literature | Literature | English literature -- Theory, etc | EnglishDDC classification: 809
Contents:
1. Sampling the spurious.-- 2. Framing literary forgery.-- 3. Cultivating spuriosity.-- 4. Fault-lines of authorship.-- 5. Fantasies of originality.-- 6. Rhetorics of authenticity.-- 7. Fake literature as critique.
Summary: Literary forgeries are usually regarded as spurious versions of genuine literature. Faking Literature argues that the production of a literary forgery is an act that reveals the spurious nature of literature itself. Literature has long been under attack because of its alliance with rhetoric (the art of persuasion) rather than with logic and ethics. One way of deflecting such attacks is to demonize literary forgery: literature acquires the illusion of authenticity by being dissociated from what are represented as ersatz approximations of the real thing.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Reference Books Reference Books Main Library
Reference 		Reference 809 RUT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 009018
Total holds: 0

Includes Bibliography & Index.

1. Sampling the spurious.--
2. Framing literary forgery.--
3. Cultivating spuriosity.--
4. Fault-lines of authorship.--
5. Fantasies of originality.--
6. Rhetorics of authenticity.--
7. Fake literature as critique.

Literary forgeries are usually regarded as spurious versions of genuine literature. Faking Literature argues that the production of a literary forgery is an act that reveals the spurious nature of literature itself. Literature has long been under attack because of its alliance with rhetoric (the art of persuasion) rather than with logic and ethics. One way of deflecting such attacks is to demonize literary forgery: literature acquires the illusion of authenticity by being dissociated from what are represented as ersatz approximations of the real thing.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

© University of Vavuniya

---