Scott Carpenter

Aesthetics of Fraudulence in Nineteenth-Century France (eBook, ePUB)

Frauds, Hoaxes, and Counterfeits

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317184805
• Artikelnr.: 44865362

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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.