Crimes of Writing: Problems in the Containment of Representation
by Susan Stewart
43 Members (4.50)
On This Page
Description
From the origins of modern copyright in early eighteenth-century culture to the efforts to represent nature and death in postmodern fiction, this pioneering book explores a series of problems regarding the containment of representation. Stewart focuses on specific cases of ""crimes of writing""--the forgeries of George Psalmanazar, the production of ""fakelore,"" the ""ballad scandals"" of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the imposture of Thomas Chatterton, and contemporary show more legislation regarding graffiti and pornography. show lessTags
Recommendations
Member Reviews
Members
- Recently Added By
Lists
Literary Forgeries
212 works; 4 members
Fakes, Forgeries, and Fictitious Authors
112 works; 4 members
Author Information
14+ Works 802 Members
Classifications
- Genres
- Literature Studies and Criticism, Fiction and Literature, Nonfiction, Politics and Government
- DDC/MDS
- 809 — Literature & rhetoric Literature, rhetoric & criticism History, description, critical appraisal of more than two literatures
- LCC
- PN171 .F6 .S74 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Authorship
- BISAC
Statistics
- Members
- 43
- Popularity
- 685,643
- Rating
- (4.50)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
