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Paperback / softback. New. In his engagingly written and original book, Scott Carpenter analyzes multiple manifestations of the false in nineteenth-century France. Under Carpenter's thorough and systematic analysis, fraudulence emerges as a cultural preoccupation in nineteenth-century literature and society, whether it be in the form of literary mystifications, the thematic portrayal of frauds, or the privileging of falseness as an aesthetic principle. Focusing particularly on the aesthetics of fraudulence in works by Merimee, Balzac, Baudelaire, Vidocq, Sand, and others, Carpenter places these literary representations within the context of other cultural phenomena, such as caricature, political history, and ceremonial events. As he highlights the special relationship between literary fiction and fraudulence, Carpenter argues that falseness arises as an aesthetic preoccupation in post-revolutionary France, where it introduces a blurring of limits between hitherto discrete categories. This…
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Aesthetics of Fraudulence in Nineteenth-Century France: Frauds, Hoaxes, and Counterfeits Paperback - 2019
by Scott Carpenter
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- Title Aesthetics of Fraudulence in Nineteenth-Century France: Frauds, Hoaxes, and Counterfeits
- Author Scott Carpenter
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 204
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Routledge
- Date 2019-06-10
- Features Bibliography
- ISBN 9781138376366 / 1138376361
- Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.44 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 1.12 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Cultural Region: French
- Dewey Decimal Code 840.935
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