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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      22 September 2009
      30 April 2001
      ISBN:
      9780511483202
      9780521660150
      9780521669658
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511483202
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.461kg, 248 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.347kg, 248 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Literature, Literary Theory
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    Literary forgeries are usually regarded as spurious versions of genuine literature. Faking Literature, first published in 2001, 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 demonise literary forgery: literature acquires the illusion of authenticity by being dissociated from what are represented as ersatz approximations of the real thing. Ruthven argues that literary forgery is the creative manifestation of cultural critique. As a powerful indictment of dubious practices in such activities as literary criticism, book-reviewing and the awarding of literary prizes, literary forgery merits serious attention from cultural analysts, and should be a key component of literary studies. This intriguing book will be of interest to all teachers, students and readers of English literature.

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    "...a contentious and important book for students of the literary period credited with instituting ideas of literary originality." The Wordsworth Circle

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