Impostors : literary hoaxes and cultural authenticity /
Miller, Christopher L., 1953-
Impostors : literary hoaxes and cultural authenticity / Christopher L. Miller. - Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2020. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).
Impostors analyzes two national traditions of literary hoaxing: those in the United States and in France, arguing that the latter has not received the attention it merits. In a context of open identity politics in the US, intercultural imposture makes perfect sense. But in France, where a universalist Republican ideology holds sway, it is more paradoxical: is there any otherness to be stolen? This text argues that there is plenty, and that a long tradition of such theft exists.
9780226591148 (ebook) : No price
Literary forgeries and mystifications.
Hoaxes.
French literature--History and criticism.
African literature (French)--History and criticism.
American literature--History and criticism.
098.3
Impostors : literary hoaxes and cultural authenticity / Christopher L. Miller. - Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2020. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).
Impostors analyzes two national traditions of literary hoaxing: those in the United States and in France, arguing that the latter has not received the attention it merits. In a context of open identity politics in the US, intercultural imposture makes perfect sense. But in France, where a universalist Republican ideology holds sway, it is more paradoxical: is there any otherness to be stolen? This text argues that there is plenty, and that a long tradition of such theft exists.
9780226591148 (ebook) : No price
Literary forgeries and mystifications.
Hoaxes.
French literature--History and criticism.
African literature (French)--History and criticism.
American literature--History and criticism.
098.3