| Fictions and Fakes: Forging Romantic Authenticity, 1760-1845 Contributor(s): Russett, Margaret (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521123542 ISBN-13: 9780521123549 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $43.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 820.801 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Romanticism (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" (0.91 lbs) 280 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: British Romantic literature descends from a line of impostors, forgers and frauds. Beginning with the golden age of forgery in the late eighteenth century and continuing through canonical Romanticism and its aftermath, Margaret Russett demonstrates how Romantic writers distinguished their fictions from the fakes surrounding them. The book includes works by Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Walter Scott, John Clare, and James Hogg, as well as chapters on impostors in popular culture. Russett's interdisciplinary and wide-ranging study offers a major reinterpretation of Romanticism and its continuing influence in the present. |