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.
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.
Scott Carpenter is a Professor of French at Carleton College (Minnesota). His other works include Acts of Fiction: Resistance and Resolution from Sade to Baudelaire (1996) and Reading Lessons: An Introduction to Theory (2000).
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Contents: Introduction: caveat lector Violent hoaxes: Mérimée and the booby-trapped text Political prostheses and imperial imposters The ghosts of kings Balzac's skillful disguise Vidocq and the image of the counterfeit False genders: Sand's Gabriel Baudelaire and the originality of the copy National effigies and counterfeits: Baudelaire's Pauvre Belgique! Conclusions: futures of the false Bibliography Index.
Contents: Introduction: caveat lector Violent hoaxes: Mérimée and the booby-trapped text Political prostheses and imperial imposters The ghosts of kings Balzac's skillful disguise Vidocq and the image of the counterfeit False genders: Sand's Gabriel Baudelaire and the originality of the copy National effigies and counterfeits: Baudelaire's Pauvre Belgique! Conclusions: futures of the false Bibliography Index.
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