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The Forger's Shadow: How Forgery Changed the Course of Literture

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Whilst defining the very meaning of forgery, Nick Groom ranges from the economic forgery of the 18th century, where the forgery of a #100 banknote could mean death by hanging, to the formation of literary copyright which was established not in order to protect the nation's authors but rather as a way of censoring them. haunted both our literature and our imaginations for years. There is Chatterton, the fatal model for the Romantic perceived as a mad, unrecognized and suicidal genius but one whose supposedly tragic life was as much a myth as the 15th-century monk he invented. Or there is Macpherson, constantly at war with Samuel Johnson, who edited the lost epics of a 3rd-century Celtic bard. And there is the forger William Henry Ireland who not only wrote two new and disastrous Shakespeare plays but also forged a legal document to make sure he benefited from the royalties. Finally, there is the famous Wainewright who was a supreme forger in practically every sphere, whose effect on literature from Dickens to Wilde to the 21st century cannot be underestimated.

Language: English

Pages: 352

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: (London), Picador, (2002). Cloth, fine in d/w, pp. 351. ISBN 0 330 37432 X.

Release: April 12, 2002

ISBN: 033037432X

ISBN 13: 9780330374323

The Forger's Shadow: How Forgery Changed the Course of Literture

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Whilst defining the very meaning of forgery, Nick Groom ranges from the economic forgery of the 18th century, where the forgery of a #100 banknote could mean death by hanging, to the formation of literary copyright which was established not in order to protect the nation's authors but rather as a way of censoring them. haunted both our literature and our imaginations for years. There is Chatterton, the fatal model for the Romantic perceived as a mad, unrecognized and suicidal genius but one whose supposedly tragic life was as much a myth as the 15th-century monk he invented. Or there is Macpherson, constantly at war with Samuel Johnson, who edited the lost epics of a 3rd-century Celtic bard. And there is the forger William Henry Ireland who not only wrote two new and disastrous Shakespeare plays but also forged a legal document to make sure he benefited from the royalties. Finally, there is the famous Wainewright who was a supreme forger in practically every sphere, whose effect on literature from Dickens to Wilde to the 21st century cannot be underestimated.

Language: English

Pages: 352

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: (London), Picador, (2002). Cloth, fine in d/w, pp. 351. ISBN 0 330 37432 X.

Release: April 12, 2002

ISBN: 033037432X

ISBN 13: 9780330374323

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