Description |
1 online resource (xv, 225 pages) : illustrations. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Culture work
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Culture work.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Forging truth in Medieval England -- Forging a past: the Sibylline books and the making of Rome -- Forging Czechs: the reinvention of national identity in the Bohemian lands -- Eclectic fabrication: St. Petersburg and the problem of Imperial architectural style -- The blankness of Dali, or forging Catalonia -- The art of forging music and musicians: of lighthearted musicologists, ambitious performers, narrow-minded brothers, and creative aristocrats -- Jean-Etienne Liotard's envelopes of self -- Wrestling with representation: reforging images of the artist and art in the Russian avant-garde -- After the "death of the author": the fabrication of Helen Demidenko -- Facts, writing, and problems of memory in memoir: the Wilkomirski case -- The fascination of a fake: the Hitler diaries. |
Summary |
This collection of 11 essays by leading literary studies and cultural studies scholars examines the double meaning of the word 'forge' - to create or to form, on the one hand, and to make falsely, on the other. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
DalĂ, Salvador, 1904-1989. |
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Liotard, Jean-Etienne. |
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Arts -- Forgeries.
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Arts -- Forgeries. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Ryan, Judith, 1943-
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Thomas, Alfred, 1958-
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Other Form: |
Print version: Cultures of forgery. New York : Routledge, 2003 0415968313 (DLC) 2003004077 (OCoLC)51817624 |
ISBN |
9781135458201 (electronic book) |
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1135458200 (electronic book) |
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0415968313 |
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9780415968317 |
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0415968321 |
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9780415968324 |
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9780203957776 e-book |
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