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Aesthetics of Fraudulence in Nineteenth-Century France: Frauds, Hoaxes, and Counterfeits

Aesthetics of Fraudulence in Nineteenth-Century France: Frauds, Hoaxes, and Counterfeits

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Literary CriticismFrench HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1138376361
ISBN13: 9781138376366
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jun 10 2019
Pages: 204
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Focusing particularly on the aesthetics of fraudulence in works by Mérimée, Balzac, Baudelaire, Vidocq, Sand, and others, Scott Carpenter analyzes manifestations of the false in nineteenth-century French literature. Placing literary representations within the context of cultural phenomena such as caricature, political history, and ceremonial events, Carpenter argues that the problem of fraudulence involves a blurring of limits between hitherto discrete categories, challenging Romantic notions of authenticity and sincerity.

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